1. Having enough eyelashes to be able to wear mascara again.
2. Having eyebrows.
3. Laughing with my oncologist and her staff.
4. Being able to wear headbands and small scarves — strategically placed, of course — instead of full-head scarves and hats.
5. Sunshine.
6. Wearing flip flops.
7. When my blood sugar readings are good.
8. Not being in the hospital.
9. Laughing with my husband and/or son, and really anybody.
10. Having enough energy to do things with Energy Boy on the weekends.
11. Chicken wings.
12. Finding a new song I like.
13. Being able to see better with my new glasses.
14. Feeling good when I wake up in the morning.
15. Bananas with peanut butter.
16. Any kind of communication with friends — text, email, phone, and especially in-person.

I’m sure there are more — some small and others big. Happiness, though, (as I’m liable to say) is nothing to sneeze at.
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Cross-posted to Mothers With Cancer.