Happiness is, my Mother's lasagna on a dark evening spring warmth on my freckled shoulders the chickens in the garden laying eggs on a Sunday morning Polaroid shots of my brother eating chocolate cake a tidy bedroom and fresh floral scented bed sheets squeezing into unworn skinny jeans icy baths on hot days coffee and cake dates receiving good grades after months of studying a hot batch of crispy French fries bouquets of flowers on the mantelpiece "I love you" messages a juicy apple with that perfect CRUNCH grains of sand seeping between my toes the smell of cut grass and a hug from my grandmother