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I got this idea from my favorite author blog earlier this month, and thought I would give it a shot. It turned out to be a nice way to spend an hour of my birthday morning. Thinking of 28 good things was the easy part—the hard part was cutting the extras. Here they are, in no particular order, and a broad range from shallow to serious.

1. My husband
2. Our collective family
3. My birthday coincides with father’s day every 5.8 years
4. Friends, near and far
5. Espresso
6. Thunderstorms
7. Courteous strangers
8. My tiny garden
9. Flowers that return every year
10. Running
11. Quiet weekends
12. More books than I can ever read
13. Employment
14. Mortgage payments
15. 40 gigs of music
16. Fiction
17. Grilling in the backyard
18. Online shopping with coupons and free returns
19. Sunscreen
20. A car with air conditioning
21. Farmers markets
22. Reusable grocery bags
23. Rapidly changing technology
24. Rainy days
25. 19 years of education, plus the opportunity for more
26. Fresh herbs
27. Growing up without a TV
28. IM, email, texting, blogging, and old-fashioned phone calls and snail mail—so I’m never out of touch with far away friends and family