The Last Hurrah

1. gospel discussions in the Chuckwagon
2. go time on the river
3. the unsinkable Hall sisters
4. runaway shoes
5. Taylor Swift
6. orange sunglasses
7. four year old girls who can bump their hips better than I can
8. cleaning up good
9. a fireside on life
10. folk remedies
11. knowing there's a spot waiting for me
12. the next best thing to flying
13. church provided ice cream sandwiches
14. Karl's fourth phone number
15. recess
16. the smell of fresh wood chips
17. "Well, that was easy!"
18. mosquito bites
19. somebody who comes over no matter how late it is
20. Todd, who probably has no idea how much I know about him

The Old Man is Snoring

1. a rainy work day
2. Pinterest
3. making the chocolate sauce that makes people ask for straws
4. going away, far far away
5. knowing exactly what tomorrow will hold
6. loving it better than anything else
7. Happy Birthday Salem, I miss you
8. blue shoes
9. puzzles printed with famous art
10. making my packing list
11. wearing Mary's dress without her knowledge
12. curling my hair for the fun of it
13. "Kissing Adrien" and the hunger for France that followed
14. hostessing
15. all my Sundays having a prior claim
16. Black Cherry Shasta
17. the Plaizier secret handshake
18. duct taping a wart
19. lying on my parents' bed to read...under the swamp cooler
20. looking forward to the soundest of sleeps, the coldest of water, and the long lovely road there