Happiness is . . .

• Maia's just-up-from-nap breath.
• Seeing five plants full of tomatoes out my dining room window.
• The beep of the coffee machine, first thing in the morning.
• Stepping off the treadmill after a 75 minute run.
• The pure physical power of a woman pushing her baby into the world.
• Being halfway through a wonderful novel--so much beauty already, but so much left to go.
• A just-opened bottle of wine, a bowl of olives, and treasured time my loved ones as we sit around a table together.
• Maia going down the list of all the people she loves, and ending with "And I love all the people in the world."
• The heaviness of a dog sleeping on my feet on the couch.
• Farmer's market blueberries.