- Old friends and the stability they provide
- New friends and the surprise of separate lives colliding
- Strangers and the kindness in their eyes
- The ability to see color
- God's gentleness
- The ability to read words and write them
- The opportunity to share the words I've written
- Paperback books
- Grocery stores within a 5 mile radius of my house
- Houseplants that purify the air I breathe
- That I live in a rural enough area where I can see the stars
- That I live in a suburban enough area where I feel safe going outside at night
- Compassionate people
- My generous parents
- Hallmark movies
- 20th century biographies and good biographers
- My wonderful extended family
- Book clubs and volleyball games
- That I get two days off per week rather than one or none
- Fall sunsets
- The Bible
- Blue light glasses
- People with contagious laughter
- You