1. God

2. An excellent and thoughtful writer and loving mother, Lindsey, from whom today’s title is taken.

3. I can’t remember who said to be in such feelings, like feeling overwhelmed, I’ve heard it and read it from several people I love, and today I’m grateful to sit in these feelings and be curious about them.

4. Amy’s insights on regret. Extraordinary.  Read till the end for the miracle.

5. Cassie, Hannah, David and I laughing at dinner last night.

6. This poem by Louis Zukofsky ( I love it so, “the retina made human by light,”  we had the flowers he mentions when I was growing up, we called them Poppers, “flower that picked finds a vase”  “finished learning and has just begun to learn,” the wry conclusion.)

7. Gratitude

8. Being moved to contact friends I had not seen lately, mindful of Emerson “The only way to have a friend is to be one.”

9. Mary Jean’s generosity

10. Desire