In no particular order:
- Hot showers
- Warm bed
- Minimal injuries on April 15, 2015
- Auto insurance
- Health insurance
- Medicare
- Friends – those still here and those who have completed their journey. Too many to mention by name
- Caring parents
- Who saw to my healthcare
- Who supported my education all the way through
- Who set an example of happy, competent, responsible living
- Who avoided humiliation and shame at all costs.
- My son who’s fun to travel with, a super helper, and a source of pride
- My daughter who’s fun to shop with, my super advisor, and a source of pride
- My granddaughter – my favorite editor and hugger.
- My grandson – wish I could see more of him
- The rest of my family, both close and distant
- Good health
- Pension
- Chiropractor/nutritionist who keeps me in good shape
- Christmas – the goal of every year
- Holland America Line
- Travel
- Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Excelsior, Minnesota
- Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian Church in Chaska, Minnesota
- Connecticut College
- Boston University
- A delightful career that wouldn’t have been possible without the two preceding items.
- Psychology and Psychologists
- Warm, comfortable clothes in current style
- My patient and creative hair dresser
- Computer
- Cell phone
- Soap
- Shampoo
- Neighbors
- My writers group
- My Kindle
- Time for writing
- Time for reading
- Memories of High School Boyfriends
- Memories of young love with my former husband
- The energy I once had
- The remaining remnants of energy
- Faith, based on experience, that bad times will ultimately yield to better times
- Patience to wait for decades
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