Things I Love
(And you might like, too)

• Hearing other people’s stories (funny, sad, inspiring, courageous, absurd, depressing).
• Tig Notaro’s brilliant cancer comedy set. I listened to it over and over (and over) while I was in treatment and recovering. (Download the full set from Louis CK’s website. Yes, it’s worth the money.) Put earmuffs on the kids and tune in.
• The smell of wet pavement after a rainstorm.
• Comedian Julia Sweeney’s cancer story as told on “This American Life.” You will laugh, cry, and laugh some more.
• Emily McDowell cards (and Tweets). Creative, honest, and hilarious. Everything you need from a card. Emily McDowell Studio. 
• One perfect dress.
• Holding hands.
• The smell of gardenias.
• Listening to my daughter tell a story to her friend.
• Movies. Films. Whatever you call them, I like to watch them.
• Tangy lemon bars.
• I love exclamation points! But not too many!