My Favorite Things

Some of the things we like best about life aren't always things. Give some thought to what your favorites are this holiday season, and how we're all wealthy in small ways.

 

Here are a few of my favorite things....

• The smell of rain
• Thunderstorms

 

• Puppies
• Kittens
• The first tulips in spring

 

• The sound of wind chimes
• Going barefoot on soft grass
• Singing
• Cupcakes
• The Library!!!

 

• Children with their front teeth missing
• Snow that falls in clumps
• A blizzard
• Soup
• Receiving a letter or a package in the mail
• Holding a baby as she sleeps
• Hearing a great song for the first time
• Cheesecake
• Rainbows

• Having a day all to myself
• The sound of snow crunching under my feet
• The smell of a campfire
• Small town parades
• Hot apple cider
• Being unable to stop laughing about something

 

• Oboes
• A full tank of gas
• A sound sleep
• Otters

 

• Butterflies
• Taking one perfect picture
• The entire season of Fall
• Most of Winter
• Sitting on a dock in summer with my feet in the water
• Completing a project and knowing it turned out well
• Plays and concerts
• Smores
• A great haircut

 

• Sitting with a quilt tucked around me, reading a great book
• Walks
• Warm cookies from the oven
• My grandmother's pocket watch

 What are your favorites?