Greetings from Iowa.

[Om****]

I just joined.this group.  I am in my late 70's in good health and living a comfortable life. I've been married for 56 years.  We moved here to central Iowa because my son and his family moved here and I wanted to be a hands on grandmother.    I like to contribute back to my community so I look for opportunities to serve mostly through my church.  Outside of church I am a hospice volunteer and work with the Cub Scout pack that my grandson is in.   I have had experience with mental health issues personally and in my family.  So I have studied the effects of mental health issues on families, communities, and institutions.  After spending 2 years trying to convince my church Mission committee to take up the subject, they have allowed me to get involved.  I have recently become involved in a task force on homelessness in our community of 9000 people.  I am the only one on the task force who is not employed by an agency or institution as a professional.  I recently looked at a website https://www.stampoutstigma.com/ and I discovered their calendar of national observances.  March 20, 2020 is national happiness day.  That got me thinking about happiness and led me to this site.  So here I am. 

[Li****]

Welcome to happiness, we are so glad you found us and wanted to join our little community ? It is really so inspiring to hear about all the ways you are giving back to your community and working on such important issues. I hope we get to hear more from you here in the forum ✨