Happiness IS…
Holding my newborn children
Seeing my grandchild being born
Watching my son march in his first parade on Memorial Day. (a WOW DAY)
Going to New Orleans
Going at an outrageous speed, in France, listening to Beethoven
Trying to get married in Hawaii
Getting married in Hawaii
Going to Princess Pono Pono’s Purple Pickle Palace on Kauai
My first time in Europe sitting in a hotel lobby in Copenhagen listening to Mozart and trying to believe I was there.
Christmas with the whole family
Horseback riding in Ireland
Sitting in an outside café in Paris with my Husband
Sitting in our cabin on Camano Island doing nothing
Going to China
Walking in the woods
Walking on the beach
Connie Campbell a longtime resident of Seattle and recently Edmonds, died peacefully on June 21st 2022, Tuesday morning with her loving daughter, Mary Dunn at her side. Connie attended writing classes with Ariele for many years at the Greenwood Senior Center, doing them on ZOOM since the pandemic. We are all fortunate to have shared time with this deeply funny and deeply giving person. Her “Happiness Is” list is just one more gift she offers to any who read it. In fact, let’s just add one more item: Happiness Is Connie Campbell.
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