1. God

2. An orchid for Donna

3. A conversation in Angry Jack’s group about shortcomings

4. Support from Betsy

5. Jeanette’s humor and smile

6. Nancy’s gifts

7. Renee and Eric willing to contribute

8. David picking up on my Harry Potter references and a separate conversation about that, even as we were discussing financial matters and logistics

9.Maybe my children have an idea of what they want that is better than mine

10. “You can’t stop what’s coming.  It ain’t everything waiting on you,”  the old sheriff to Tommy Lee Jones in No Country for Old Men