Happiness Changes as We Age
Just like the trees
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5 min readJul 20, 2023
My neighbor’s eight-year-old grandson is visiting for three weeks. Every time I see him, he is smiling. He’s happy and smiling when he goes to walk the dog with his grandpa. He’s happy and smiling when he hops into the car to go grocery shopping with his grandma. Last night I’d just made a batch of molasses cookies and I saw him outside with a bag of Chips Ahoy. I shouted, “Hey, you…