I haven't read all of these, but want to add my two cents. One Thanksgiving my very best friend and I, in Wiesbaden, convinced our parents to "do" Thanksgiving together. My dad was enlisted, hers officer, which was a nono in those days. BUT both our families were of strong French Canadian background, and had a lot of other things in common. The fest was held at my house, and our parents promised us girls a sleepover at her house (I use the word house loosely, we all lived in military housing apartments) IF we did the clean up. She and I (we were maybe 12) worked our tails off. The point of the story is that I was SO happy. She and I were lying there that night, and I closed my eyes and said to myself (an insomniac even then) "I am SO happy, I want to remember this moment forever." I still do that trick when someone or something great happens to me. I close my eyes and tell myself that I want to remember it forever. To hold that feeling in my mind and heart, and let it block out what might go on in my life that isn't pleasant.