Where is the happy?
It's in a shift briefing that goes long because we watch silly cop videos.
It's on a traffic stop where you stand on the side of the road and giggle because you couldn't write this stuff if you tried.
It's at a retirement party where you see someone who didn't just do it right, they did it right for decades and now they get to go reap the benefits of that work.
It's a station tour where a bunch of little scouts stare at you in awe and and all raise their hand at once as they jump up and down and grin.
It's the prank war that leaves your entire desk wrapped in foil and gives you a stomach-ache from laughing so hard.
It's watching your best friend get promoted and watching her daughter concentrate so hard to get that gold badge just right on her shirt.
It's a discussion at 4am where you realize the people in that room with you would back you up on the worst day of your career and laugh with you on the best day.
It's there, and it keeps you going. Just like the little blog where sometimes you only deposit the sad and hard because they need a place to go so you can make room for the happy when it appears.
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