the best parts of life

• safety of family
• driving
• drinking icy coke on a hot day
• snuggling under my husband's arm to watch our favorite shows
• seeing faraway family
• summer
• colors
• traveling to new places
• climbing trees
• deep blue clouds full of thunder and lightning arriving while the sun is still shining
• realizing an new insight about a Bible verse
• eating
• warm cat purring on my lap
• gardening (flowers)
• flying
• sun shining through the leaves
• toes in soft, cool grass
• laying inside while the rain steadily pounds outside
• singing amidst the huge swell of voices in church
• watermelon
• flickering candles (that smell good)
• hugging
• laughing till i cry
• taking the perfect picture
• smelling perfume
• tingly skin from sitting in the sun
• blasting meaningful music in the car... and sometimes crying with it
• reading a good book all evening, uninterrupted
• twinkly lights on a winter night
• getting my feet rubbed
• colorful flowers
• watching people at airports (and hearing languages and accents)
• skyping with family
• watching the green bay packers WIN
• understanding an inside joke
• tapioca
• laying in the grass with the breeze blowing and puffy clouds overhead
• stars
• laying down after a long day at work
• finding something i thought i'd lost
• the smell of baking bread
• successfully communicating in a different language
• eating with my husband at a favorite restaurant