What made you smile this week?

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  1. My sister excelling at her presentation for a financial company she passed an interview for. She nailed it, felt confident, and is on track within her life that I am just so happy for her rn.

  2. I read something earlier today— and usually when I read something, my brain interprets it at least two to three different ways— but for once in a very long time, what I read had only one interpretation to me…

    My brain hadn’t processed something that serene and so sure of its meaning in a while.

    It was easy. It was clear. It seemed familiar…

    ah, the little joys.

  3. A friend got married yesterday. Before the ceremony the groom told me “she’s amazing, we’re perfect for each other.” THAT is what you want to hear coming from your friend’s future husband. Couldn’t be happier to see two people so in love.

  4. I’m in the process of hopefully finalising the details for a life changing job offer.

    I found time to visit a friend this week and had an _ahem_ amazing ✨catch up✨ session.

    I went for a nice big walk today. It’s spring here. The weather is great, there’s beautiful flowers everywhere. And lots of birds and frogs making lovely sounds.

    I treated myself to a nice cafe lunch and a coffee, mid walk.

    When I came home I had a nice nap. And now I’m having a relaxing bath with my favourite candles and some muscle soothing bath salts.

    Life is so good right now.

  5. My mom getting flipped off lol she cut a driver off. The image keeps replaying and my mom didn’t even notice which makes it even funnier 🤣

  6. My wife. She pinched my butt extra hard as she walked by and said “my ass.”

  7. A random woman complimented my jacket. I had the biggest grin on my face for the next 5 days as I replayed her compliment over and over in my head😅

  8. I patted a really cute doggy!!!!!! She was a big fluffy long haired German Shepherd! We were talking about dogs on our commute home and I said that I hadn’t patted any yet and “ooh look love there’s a big floofy in the car!” I risked a grumbly from the owner and dog but was very friendly and licky

  9. I was at a drs appointment to talk about mental health and holding back tears, trying to not break down in front of the full waiting room.
    There was the cutest little baby throwing around his cup and making the cutest noises and it was just joy.
    (I’m not even normally a baby person)

  10. It’s long so please bear with me. A very famous writer of my home country died a decade ago. He was known to be an absent father and philanderer and abusive husband. His children have spoken up different times here and there but were very negatively received because people worship this writer. His wife has always been tight lipped. His wife has become active on social media since Covid and she is also an amazing narrator. 3-4 days ago she wrote a status about how her husband threw her outside of the house in the middle of the night in freezing temperature. She kept knocking the door but he didn’t open. She realized she would freeze and die soon, so she ran to the closest store. It was closed but she rang the bell. She was wearing a shirt, pants, and flip flops. The store owner lived upstairs, they opened the door and took her in. They asked if she wanted to call the police. She said no I have to go home. They looked at her weird and gave her a jacket. She went home later as if nothing happened. Their child who was a toddler then (it was the 70s), was crying and crying. They never talked about it as if nothing happens but she’s grateful things like this didn’t happen in her children’s lives.

    This is a very prominent writer and filmmaker she was talking about. The whole nation has a parasocial relationship with him even after so many years of his death. They are not ready to mix art with artists. They say his wife shouldn’t have put this on the social media when he cannot defend himself. The hate this woman got on social media last 4 days is something I’ve never seen. Facebook eventually took down the status because of mass reporting.

    This post was very triggering for me as if I couldn’t breathe. I cried so much next 2 days. I just couldn’t stop.

    My father did this exact same thing to my mother routinely when I was a child. I grew up with things like this. And many more. Suddenly, yesterday, it occurred to me, my husband never did this to me. It never happened to me. I broke this cycle. Just the thought, I cannot explain to you, how magical it feels. I truly do feel top of the world because I’m safe in the home and family that me and my husband built for the last 10 years. My child, my sweetest child who is my most favourite person in the universe, he’ll never know these things. I’m very happy for myself and us.

  11. I introduced my boyfriend of a couple months to my son, and they’re hitting it off so well I can’t help but smile every time I think about it. I worked so hard to try and make sure I introduced the right man to my son, and even though I was sure it would be fine, I was still so anxious. I actually feel like everything really will be okay and it’s such a comforting feeling

  12. My niece of 3 years has never let me hold her – she always cries when I try to hold her but yesterday she let me hold her. She even said you’re pretty…I almost cried!! That meant so much to me.

  13. My husband and I saw a great documentary in a beautifully restored, local movie theater on Saturday. There was applause at the end of the documentary, which is rare nowadays, and a brief Q and A. It all felt cozy and personal.

  14. my friend surprised me with coffee at work for no reason 🥹 it’s such a small thing but totally made my day haha

  15. My soon-to-officially-be husband went to run an errand for me and tookna bit longer than expected, came back with a bouquet of flowers and said “for my beautiful wife”. I adore him.

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