Tuesday, 24 February 2009

• WRW - My Favorite Things

  WRW Month is almost over - with 36 participants, it's been fun getting your updates and totals! Keep it up!

  Sometimes when I walk around the Henry Ford Museum, I do a "praise walk" in my head - thinking of names or character qualities of God from A-Z. Sometimes, I do my multiplication tables. Yes. I'm serious! But the other day, when life suddenly went pear shaped, I tried to mentally list lots and lots of my favorite things! Julie Andrews was right - "I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel........so............bad!"

  My Favorite Things
   (At Least Some of Them!)

  When my dad answers the phone. The color yellow on a cloudy day. Oyster crackers. Homemade granola. Facebook friendships. Salted caramel hot chocolate from Starbucks. My Jane Austen buddies. Fresh notebooks. Fresh grapes. Vanilla candles. All candles. Young friends. Old friends. Hearing my brother's laugh when I say something funny. Pictures of my great-nephew, Kaleb. Spontaneous short phone calls. Drinking hot beverages from a mug. A letter with my name handwritten on the envelope. Walking along Lake Erie with Carol. The Saturday newspaper. Breakfast in bed on the weekend. My own scenic photography. Memories. Anticipation. When no one is home in the upstairs flat so I can sing at the top of my lungs. Freshly-cleaned sheets. School supply season. Pillows. Yellow roses. My mother's laughter. Reading a whole book in one day. Having a free day in which to read a whole book. Josh. Steph. Kaleb. Jillian. Will. Janelle. Eric. Fountain pens. A piggy bank full of coins. Feeling free to list some of my favorite things whether anyone reads them or not! 

   

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