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Describe an experience this week that made you happy.

<strong> My children are beaming joyous sources of light in this bizarre and sad/scary time we are living in.</strong> <strong> My daughter is 11months old and is obsessed with kittens. I'm pretty sure she thinks every one of her books is about kittens</strong>... Goodnight Moon: about two kittens playing with yarn. Brown bear Brown bear: about a purple cat. Are you my mother?: is about... you guessed it... a kitten. <strong> My son told me today "Well, a long time ago they didn't have airplanes. So, they used spaceships instead!". This just made me laugh and laugh.</strong> I find myself sharing these stories about my children almost exclusively on social media because I cannot even deal with the social and political reality that we are embedded in.<strong> I'm someone who used to post daily about social justice and politics.</strong> I would say about 90% of my posts pre-covid were about political topics. Then in the first few weeks of covid, I still was posting about politics. But late spring/summer sort of changed that-<strong> I've become tired by it all. And I just want to share the silly, joyful aspects of my life with others.</strong>