- sunglasses
- saying something to brighten someone's day
- listening to the grownups' voices
- snow sculpture
- storing snowballs in the freezer
- night visitors
- celebrating your appearance on earth
- a gift certificate for swimming lessons
- cold-weather sports
- finding a real haunted house
- accepting yourself as I am today
- being loved back
- researching a subject on the Internet
- setting up an aquarium
Things for Kids to Be Happy About is a long, random list of smiley thoughts to remind kids and teenagers that there is a lot of good in their lives. It says: enjoy the moment, look positively at the right here/right now as well as the promising experiences to come. A rambling list like this exemplifies the ever-changing, rollercoaster, kaleidoscopic changes that exist in life. Things for kids to be happy about was once a printed and illustrated celebration of all the little things that make kids happy and a workbook of happiness. You can savor it here and hope that I can get it back into print!