Tree branches’ twists
Warmth earned ascending hills on foot
Feet
Fierce sunsets
Family silky and sticky as spider webs
Bedrock friends
First grader with nose in books
Sixth grader’s photographs
Yoyo tricks
Teenager’s “Meh”
Teenager’s political engagement
Scrabble
Texts from teen complete with hashtags
Dearest hubs’ bold leaps
An hour to write
Listening
Feeling
Muted clouds
The sky’s visual textures
Crafters
Writers’ groups, mine
The Y
Friends to carpool with, spin with, Zumba with, do good works with
Friends made in unlikely ways
Neighbors like invited family
Youngest friends “Here for a play date”
Humor
Dry erase board
Bowls
Fleece (the not-sheep kind)
Bodywork
Bathtub
Mutsus and Honeycrisps
Barely cool air
Iced tea
Frozen yogurt
My sweet little town
The Good Wife, Parenthood, Lisa Kudrow, Aimee Mann, music from Nashville
New tricks
Hugs
Spring flowers
Hands
Spaces in between
As ever, the list goes on and started way before one Thursday morning and that’s the beauty of life, even with its challenges, struggles and sorrow come joys large and minute—and so I wish you a day that lets you encompass the potential for it all.