Little Pleasures, Deep Happiness: Making and Letting-Be

Abstract

‘It is so often the case that happiness, which ought to be our most precious objective, is considered by most adults as an adolescent dream.’ Luce Irigaray

My sister Sandra’s face had changed, but yesterday when she smiled she was again the girl I used to hold down on grassy ground and tickle, she was the young woman working hard at her factory job and who would fall in love with a young soldier on leave, she was the mother of three children and the woman now retired who adores fishing. My sister Sandra smiled when I came to visit.