Happy Remarks

What was on the wall that day.

The smell of my grandmother's potato salad. She would not give the recipe. I'm still trying.

My grandmother kept a tin of buttons. I could play with them for hours. Different shapes. Different stories.

The way new leaves smell. Bright. Sharp. Like a beginning.

The maple on the corner turned overnight.

My father taught me to change a tire on a back road one summer. We made a day of it.

Lightning bugs along the creek tonight.

A long stretch first thing in the morning.

Finding the song I forgot existed on a playlist.

Grateful for the way the dog stretches when she wakes up. She's been here twelve years. She still stretches like a puppy.

A familiar voice on the phone.

The man who delivers my groceries asked about my dog by name today.

A red dragonfly on the rim of the watering can.

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