I appreciate:

• The helpful Facebook posts I will undoubtedly see soon, those telling of wonderful things happening in my friends’ lives, and pointing me to funny or uplifting stories and photos.
• The satisfaction I’ll feel when I’ve unloaded and inventoried these boxes of Pat Pattison’s books and new t-shirts that arrived. And the fun I’ll have doing it. I love the concreteness of the activity.
• Second coffee. The post-coffee coffee that helps me feel like everything is going to be okay.