Happiness can be simple

Last week I was reminded that happiness can be simple. It doesn't have to be expensive it doesn't even have to cost anything at all. It can be found in just a moment of zen. A moment when you forget that you have papers due and you haven't been out for a walk yet this week. The house is a mess and you still need to go back to work for the day. Happiness can be found in the moment a little person insists upon their right to cuddle in your arms. That for now nothing is more important than being mom.

Does it solve all the problems? I wish it could. I would just crawl back into bed and take the toddler with me. We would curl up and watch Sesame Street and that would be enough at least until we got hungry or I had to pee. Instead I still have papers to write this week, mid terms to take, work, laundry and a lot of other things to do but we are going to make sure we take our time.

Time for a cuddle. Time for a walk. Time for comics, a coffee and cookie date. You know the important things that don't sound important but make for the happy. I need more happy and it's right in front of me.