What made you happy, in 2024?

I asked my family this question and the answers were pleasantly simple.

A few days before Christmas, we had a big family gathering at my parents’ house. The eight kids went between watching TV and playing ‘monsters’, while the adults were sat at the kitchen table, chatting.

When everyone gathered, briefly, for bagels, I asked people what their happiest moment had been, in 2024. Everyone said it was hard thinking of just one …