prompts for september 2026

When were you the happiest?

I’m thinking back on life events, because I’m not sure in what context to answer this question.

Despite how sour I currently feel about people formally getting married and having weddings, I was definitely excited when I got married. Not so much with the planning, we kept it simple and I didn’t care if it was “picture perfect” to be honest. But it seemed like an important part of growing up back then and another thing I could tick off my adult to-do list.

Of course having kids was the ultimate feeling of happiness and fulfillment. I’d wanted to be a mom since I was a kid myself. When I was barely older than a baby myself I loved playing with and pretending to care for and nurture my dolls. I started babysitting real life babies at age 11 and it felt very easy and natural.

Sid joining our family when the youngest of my 3 older kids was already 15 was definitely a lifetime highlight I could never fail to mention. The baby we didn’t know we needed.

I love my job now and have probably said it’s my dream job but when I wrote for the newspaper, that made me very happy as well. I loved it when people would tell me that they read what I wrote and how much they liked it. One of the best feelings ever.