I smiled, closed my eyes, and turned my face up to the sun. In my life as a single mother working in customer support, this was as close as I could get to happiness, and I savored the blissful moment. Oh, yes. I savored the fuck out of it. The rare moments like this, when the world seemed kind and beautiful, when I was uplifted and full of hope, were the only moments I allowed myself to daydream.
