I woke up in the wee hours of the morning on my birthday (Dec 23) and started thinking about all the things I appreciate about my life. Since this list would go on for pages and pages and pages, I decided to save us all a little time and limit it to 55. They are (in no particular order) as follows:
1) My heart. What a good little heart it is. Despite its limitations and challenges, it kept me going another year. Way to go, heart! ❤️
* Also this AMAZING heart Sarah crocheted for me! I love it so much.
2) My framily. The people in my life are among the funniest, sweetest, most generous, most talented, most thoughtful, most delightful people on the planet. I am not sure how I got so lucky, but I am grateful every day for my truly awesome friends and family.
3) My medical team. Holy moley. These folks are the best. Everyone I encounter from lab techs and transplant specialists to surgeons and on-call nurses is dedicated, talented, and a pleasure to work with.
4) Sarah and Mckenzie in all the ways. They are brilliant and beautiful.
5) And Katie and Cina. I mean, c’mon.
6) Did I mention Ida?
7) My parents. They brought me into the world and despite any number of threats, have not yet taken me out. 😆
8) Our cats. Funny, dopey, skittish or sweet, they make every day an adventure.
9) Our chickens. Dopey, yet brilliant, egg-laying weirdos.
10) Eggs.
11) Coffee. No appreciation list is complete without mentioning this delicious elixir of life.
12) Chocolate.
13) Fruit.
14) Bread!
15) Brie!!
16) My ability to notice that I may be hungry (see above).
17) Sarah. She does get her own dedicated entry. But since we don’t have the time and space for me to adequately describe all the ways she makes my life better and all the ways she makes the world better and all the things I appreciate about her, I’ll just say that she is, in fact, the absolute best. And to be clear, I DO appreciate her more than brie. 😉
18) The bazillions of folks doing jobs that are so vital — from teaching, nursing, and staffing stores to hauling trash, delivering mail, and plowing snow. These jobs are often difficult, underpaid, and under-appreciated. And especially in this time of COVID, many of these folks are actually putting themselves at risk when they go to work. I am so grateful for the people who do all those things that make our lives possible.
19) Sunrises and sunsets. They just keep happening. I appreciate that certainty.
20) Markers and pencils and pens, oh my. Plus paint and glue and paper and googly eyes.
21) Tech things from my phone to my laptop to my pacemaker/ICD! Keeping me connected (and alive!) even when I don’t leave the house.
22) Warm blankets and soft pillows.
23) Running water.
24) Podcasts.
25) Books. Books. Books.
26) All. The. Colors.
27) Pretty much everything Ida says and does. (Just call it a fruit!)
28) Lists. Like this one.
29) My car! It keeps on working despite its elderly status. Yay, little Prius.
30) My sense of humor. I crack myself up. 😆
31) Other people who crack me up!
32) Rain.
33) Our patio.
34) Sunshine.
35) Holiday lights (which we will leave up well into next year).
36) Singing.
37) Um, these astonishing little sculptures Mckenzie made for Sarah and me.
38) Laughter! So. Much. Laughter. Every day in all the ways.
39) Candy. Because yum.
40) Plants in our house.
41) Our pollinator garden
42) Projects — planned, completed, and in progress.
43) My brain. What a miraculous little bugger she is.
44) Learning new stuff! All the stuff! (see above)
45) Games!
46) Nice lotion.
47) Sleeping.
48) SE therapy (and my most amazing therapist).
49) My birthday cake (aka chocolate mountain monster). PS it looks like this…but it tastes amazing!
50) Vaccines and researchers and smart people helping us navigate this COVID insanity.
51) My work. I love the stuff I’m doing.
52) Making cards. I find this absurdly pleasing.
53) Humming.
54) Hummingbirds.
55) Birds. They are real.
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