Today I am revisiting words that I wrote a few years ago but that are even more true today than they were then. Only one or two things needed to be changed to address the advancing symptoms of my husband’s illness. It’s amazing how much has changed and yet the basics seem to always stay the same. I continue striving to provide good care for him, try to be mindful of my own needs, and find some happy moments along the way. I hope that these words give you some peace and a path to happy moments today.

I wish being happy were as simple as deciding that it was going to be so. I would wake in the morning with a smile on my face and it would stay there all day. Instead, life comes with different challenges that make me continuously revisit my desire for happiness as I find my way through. There are days when all I want to do is pull the blankets back over my head and hibernate, however I know that isn’t going to change anything. If I can get myself up prepared to face whatever comes with positive energy, perhaps I can find a way to move through this day and share happy moments with my husband. There will be successes, some things will be tougher and there may even be failures, but if I remember that the challenges are temporary and there are still opportunities for better times ahead, we will make it.

So, rather than choose to be happy, I will choose to be positive in all that I do and I sincerely believe that happiness will be the outcome.