Wordless Wednesday: Happiness Can Be Sneaky

Happiness can be sly. It sneaks up on you randomly, on a sunny Sunday afternoon during a walk in the park. You'll be running after the kids, trying to keep them from falling in the water or climbing too high on the rocks, when suddenly, it will flood you, grab ahold of you, grip you deep inside, bringing tears to your eyes with its fierceness.

I didn't dare expect much when we packed our lives up in cardboard boxes again this summer. I hoped we'd settle. I hoped we'd make friends. I hoped we would be okay.

But this joy, this well-being, it shocked me to my core as it spread through me. It scared me at first, until I realized, it's all good. This is happiness.

Wednesdays are a time to use pictures as a writing prompt. Check out the Wordful, Five Minutes Wordless, not so Wordless and Way-back wednesday posts to see how others were inspired today.