Blue Moms Can Get Happy

Kelly Mills — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:01:00 GMT

I make no secret of being a big ol' whiner. But when one mom found herself driving over the complain-y cliff, she opted to have a DHD: a Determinedly Happy Day. While the idea gave me the heebie jeebies at first, I read on and saw how she basically wrote out a nice little list of good things, called a "gratitude list" in some circles. Stuff like, "My pediatrician recently switched genders and apparently didn’t lose any customers because of it." She also reveled in the critical mass of local Harry Potter parties, and coming up with a kickass quilt design. I like, I like.

I suppose if I made such a list, it would include stuff like the joy that is "Flight of the Conchords," the mom I know who is going to surf with her family after being taken out a couple years ago by double knee surgeries, and the blue mules I'll buy later today. (Royal blue, and to die for.) Although my one other advice for overcoming the whines: make your troubles funny. When good writers do this, it brings me and people like me so much joy.

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