Happy Remarks

What was on the wall that day.

Watching the kids decide what to wear.

Someone left flowers on the dashboard of my car. I never figured out who.

New mittens.

My doctor sent me a handwritten note after my dad's funeral.

The smell of garlic in olive oil before I add the onions.

My great-aunt was a nurse for fifty years. She told me stories of kindness from her patients. Not the other way around.

My dad and I built a treehouse when I was eight. I tore it down with my own son this summer.

My favorite cereal is back on the shelf.

Smelling rosemary as I brush past the plant.

Wood smoke from a neighbor's chimney.

Someone returned the dog who'd run off. They washed him first. They wouldn't take money.

Crisp apples in October.

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