Who needs a pick-me-up on this dreary Tuesday? We requested readers on Instagram to share pictures of excellent occasions, and listed below are 10 that made us smile…

“I used to be born in Pakistan however moved to Sweden 12 years in the past to persue a profession in medication. Due to the totally different programs in Sweden, I needed to redo highschool. Disheartened, I stated to my mom, ‘I’ll be 40 once I’m performed, it’s too lengthy.’ She replied, ‘You’ll flip 40 anyway, would possibly as effectively be Dr. 40.’ Since then, I’ve discovered Swedish, completed 9 years of faculty, met my husband, had two children, and at last graduated from my medical program. The photograph is from my commencement day. And I used to be performed a 12 months earlier than I flip 40. It felt good to obtain my diploma and listen to my household scream in pleasure.” — Sana

“In June 2022, I turned a mom and noticed my spouse turn into a mom. I mourned not with the ability to carry youngsters attributable to a well being situation, however my spouse stepped up with grace and went by way of a 12 months of fertility therapies and in the end IVF to assist us develop our household. Seeing our daughter born was the happiest second of my life, and I’m perpetually grateful.” — Lauren (proper) with Ashlee and their child Eleanor

“That is my mother and father strolling me down the aisle for my second marriage. I didn’t anticipate my household to have fun it and even acknowledge it due to how conservative our group is.” — Anceeta

“At present I came upon, after three years on the waitlist, that I’ve been invited to coaching class to obtain a listening to canine! I’m deaf and listen to through cochlear implants. Getting a listening to canine is a life-changing step that may assist me dwell extra safely and independently. After video chatting with my mother to inform her the excellent news, she instructed me to take an image of myself as a result of I used to be glowing with happiness. So, right here we’re!” — Rachel

“This photograph was taken simply 5 months after my dad died. After a really numb and painful summer season grieving his loss, my two associates and I drove to Maine. We did a day sail in Saco. It was sunny and windy. We ate cheese. We drank wine. And mentioned nothing that I can keep in mind. That is the very first second that I recall feeling even remotely like myself once more. A contented second certainly.” — Destinee

“Our household lately restructured into two properties, and seeing my children steadiness and assist one another on this log-turned-raft at Lake Crescent in Washington made my coronary heart swell. Siblings might be one another’s regular ship in stormy seas.” — Jeannette

“That is me in London, completely thrilled at having handed my driving take a look at at 34 years previous and 35 weeks pregnant. It was additionally the precise second my water broke! My son was born that weekend, tiny however wholesome. I joke that I ought to have named him Alan after the person who handed me.” — Anna

“Ten years in the past, my finest associates and I had simply graduated faculty and had been visiting my grandparents in Puerto Rico. After I stumbled upon this previous photograph, I felt awed by how a lot we’ve grown up since then: careers, job adjustments, breakups, make-ups, weddings, youngsters, transferring across the U.S. Today, we don’t see one another as actually because life is full, however after we do, we chuckle the very same means.” — Julie (far proper)

“I had simply completed a dance routine with Dances for a Variable Inhabitants, a beautiful group that makes a speciality of motion for older and disabled individuals. Bliss!” — Libby

“I got here out as queer one 12 months in the past (at 37!), and final Sunday, I walked within the NYC Delight Parade. Not solely was I surrounded by my queer household, however my eight-year-old daughter joined me within the parade and proudly waved her flags. It was the happiest — and most at dwelling in myself — that I’ve felt in a very long time.” — Megan

What’s one in every of your latest feel-good moments? Let’s cheer one another on at present!

P.S. 10 extra completely happy reader moments and happiness vs. wholeness.

(Lauren’s photograph by Madeline Isabella.)