1. Sending and receiving letters
2. Finally reading Jane Austen’s “Pride And Prejudice“, which I couldn’t get past the first chapter of for years, since it didn’t seem deeper than fancy dresses and who likes who. Well, I forced myself to read it and made it through, and it actually made me smile at the end. Who knew?
3. Carol, who sent me the most caring email today
4. My adopted mom, who never forgets the little anniversaries that mean something only to us
5. A long walk in the cool almost-September weather
6. Developing materials for learning
7. My little bump, which is now actually a bump
8. Learning balance
9. Patience and perseverance
10. “The age of technology has both revived the use of writing and provided ever more reasons for its spiritual solace. Emails are letters, after all, more lasting than phone calls, even if many of them r 2 cursory 4 u.” -Anna Quindlen