1. God

2. Helen and Amelia’s good news

3. Dinner with my parents

4. Their reminiscence of times before I was born, I could identify with what they went through

5. Though I didn’t know the street I grew up was once a dirt road and the kids were disappointed when it was paved because they liked to go through the mud

6. And that there is nothing new under the sun

7. The Meters on You Tube

8. Betsy

9. Karen’s inspirational posters

10. Ode magazine arriving in the mail