• my family
• the look of "Ah Ha! - I get it..."
• toothless smiles
• soft towels
• daffodils
• first words, first steps, first loves
• the smell of old books
• romantic movies
• learning something
• campfires
• history
• friends
• photography
• the ocean on a stormy day
• children telling riddles
• giggles
• miracles
• breezes
• the smell of cinnamon rolls cooking
• an email from a long lost friend

Things I loathe:

• books with bad endings
• people with an ax to grind
• untruths
• reading textbooks
• mosquitoes
• brussel sprouts
• hatred
• violence
• humidity
• too tight waistbands and shoes
• war
• selfishness
• phony people