I'm Gruchin Rubin and this is a little happier. We just passed the seventh anniversary of one of the

happiest days of my life. So I went back to read something that I wrote on that day. And in honor of

that anniversary, I thought I'd read it here. Here's what I wrote seven years ago. Today is one of the

very happiest days of my life. I was happy when my two daughters were born, but having a baby is

such a tremendous new responsibility. I was extremely happy, but also awestruck and slightly terrified.

I was happy on my wedding day, but I was also worried about how the whole day would unfold.

For one thing, strangely, I was very concerned that my veil might fall off as I was going down the aisle.

And so on. Today, though, I'm purely absolutely happy. In my books, The Happiness Project and

Happier at home, I write about the fact that my husband got hepatitis C from a blood transfusion

during a heart operation when he was eight years old. You really don't want to have hepatitis C.

Eventually, it destroys your liver. My husband tried many treatments over the years, but nothing worked.

But at last, a new treatment was approved and my husband went on it right away. As of this morning,

he has been declared cured. A few hours ago, we got the email from his extraordinary doctor,

Dr. Leona Kim Schluger. He's now free from the virus. It's over. I am so so happy and grateful and

relieved and thrilled. I can't really put it into words. And yet, there's something more I want to say.

I love children's literature. And at this moment, I'm reminded of a scene from one of my favorite

books, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. It's Meg's wedding day, and she and Laurie start talking

about drinking wine. Laurie explains, I don't care for it, but when a pretty girl offers it,

one doesn't like to refuse, you see. Meg answers, but you will, for the sake of others,

if not for your own, come, Laurie, promise, and give me one more reason to call this the happiest day

of my life. And in that spirit, my dear readers, out of the fullness of my heart, let me ask something

of you. So I have one more reason to call this the happiest day of my life. If you support Oregon

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