Once upon a time

The Best Day

Anya watched her mother, while her mother was watching the "Blue Light" TV show. Anya wished that her mother would turn off the TV and say, "Anya, let's go make a snowman right now!" And then, as they were heading out, they would run into Santa Claus, who would say, "Anya, take your gift without a poem this year (Anya hated poems), since you're already dressed. The snow is crisp and white, and no one is around... Mom and Anya would build a snowman, then laugh and go to bed. In the morning, Grandma would wake her up with, "Come have tea with cake, it's just soaked in. No breakfast needed, it's a holiday." And then, after that...

Years passed. Not that Anya builds a snowman every year, but she does get her gifts without poems, and she starts her mornings with dessert whenever she wants. Sometimes where she lives, there’s no snow at all. Sometimes she falls asleep before midnight on New Year's Eve or watches TV shows until morning... Sometimes it’s sad, sometimes it’s joyful. But Anya lives her adult life, choosing it every day. 😊