The list goes on

There are too many favorite things to compile into a list of fourty, so just remember, as you read, that the list extends far, far longer than I could probably ever write down. My closest friends are:

 

1. A green, purple and white field at sunset

2. The music halls at WOU

3. My family laughing around the dinner table

4. Remembering family reunions

5. Walking in the rain with my Dad

6. Climbing to the top of a maple tree

7. Picnics with chocolate, sparkling cider and cucumber cream cheese sandwiches

8. L.M. Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Edwin Way Teale, Elizabeth Goudge, God (authors of all my favorite books)

9. Realizing that my family is a choir 

10. Swimming in St. Mary's River

11. Playing piano by lamplight

12. Folding laundry

13. Slicing watermelon

14. Asking Mama questions about cooking

15. Talking to my little brother

16. Reading aloud

17. Writing and receiving letters

18. Touching soft cloth

19. The moon

20. Talking to my sister till midnight

21. Candlelight dinners

23. Beautiful dessert

24. Worship in music

25. A small cabin in the woods

26. Maple leaves with  afternoon light shining through them.

27. Embroidering

28. Going on adventures with Chesterton

29. Roses and daffodils

30. Reading the Bible while drinking a cup of tea and watching the sunrise

31.Family conversations

32. Kindred spirits

33. Fir trees

34. Planting a garden

35. Running

36. Writing poems

37. Mud boots

38. French bread and cheese at the beach

39. Watching the sunset from my hill

40. Quiet moments to think about how good life is

How I could I ever survive without just a little bit of beauty?