Did Queen Victoria enjoy being queen?

While Queen Victoria was Queen she had her moments when she was happy, but then there were also times when she was not happy.

Some happy times included actually becoming Queen and finally being able have some autonomy and make decisions for herself, instead of being controlled by her mother. Other happy times involve her ralationship with her husband and children.

Some not so happy moments were the deaths of her mother and husband in the early 1860's as well as the deaths of her daughter Alice and her son Leopold in the 1870s and 1880's.