I never knew happiness as a daily feeling in my life.

It would come with fits and starts and not hang around for very long. I know when I felt it, it felt like stress and pressure releasing from my body and mind. A surge of joy and, well, happiness and well-being.

There were only a few times this happened. One was when I was very young and my Dad had taken my sister and me shopping for a Mother’s Day gift for Mom. I was so…