Remember the music from "The Sound of Music"? Remember the song "My Favorite Things"? I recently read a book where a fellow listed about a thousand things for which he was thankful. Seems like a great idea (and maybe something we should all review regularly.... if only to provide balance in this current difficult time). As I read it I felt better, so save yourself some money and read on....... my initial list of Favorite things in no particular order....


1) The smell of a newborn, and the feel of their skin.
2)Heathers laugh. OK, Heather in general, but especially her laugh
3)The times I have been blessed to see a loved ones soul (the day we married I saw your soul)
4)Sunset on the lake with those I love
5)Fishing with my Dad and Brother
6)Working in my gardens
7)Working with Mom and Dad anywhere... hell, doing anything in their company
8) Breakfast at Hardees
9)Knoth's BBQ
10)Time on the pontoon
11)Fall....... whether in Ky or in the mountains with Dave & Jeanette
12)Belonging to something greater.... The family circle
13)Lunch with my Pop, Dad and Mark
14)Bozo's (BBQ again..... I might be hungry)
15)Alyce......... I see you
16)Tink
17)Any of a thousand moments with Katelynn
18)An afternoon with Anna and the kids..... watching them play in the yard
19)A hug from Cadence............
20)A hug from my Brother.......... the ones that make it impossible to breath
21)Eternal friends......... ones I laugh with, and especially the ones I cry with
22)My Father......... and one of the most noble souls I know
23)Dory and Gage.... the latest chapters in my life
24)Tabby........... I told you lately I love you?
25)Playing with either a kitten or puppy
26)The smell of a grill in the summer..... from blocks away
27)Cold Watermelon
28)CHRISTMAS...the music, the rare occasion when you get just the right gift, being together
29)The sound of rain on a tin roof
30)An afternoon on the Buffalo river, just before sunset. The high shear cliffs were visible in the distance leaving a feeling of being isolated, and secluded. It was warm and we had just finished setting up camp. Everyone had gotten something to drink, and we were all sitting in lawn chairs up to our waist in the shoal of the river enjoying both the sunset, and each others company. To borrow a quote from an author I have come to think was a genius.... "When I was young a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough life to have regained my confidence in it."

Life does offer moments of absolute perfection...... probably more than we appreciate.


Enough for today........ I will revisit this subject often I think.