40 Things I Love

In honor of my 40th birthday, here are 40 of my favorite things in no particular order

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1. making lists (especially the bucket kind)
2. dancing to Lizzo in the kitchen with my daughters
3. wool socks
4. this Hannah Gadsby quote: “there is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself”
5. lighting candles

6. when everyone gets the joke

7. my houseplant collection (especially the prayer plants and monsteras)

8. waking up in a tent to the sunrise

9. memories of picking blackberries with my grandma

10. when the little guy beats the big guy

11. a down-filled comforter

12. trees that bloom

13. friends who bring by handmade cards, cocktails, cookies, chicken pot pies

14. Mary Oliver and Elizabeth Strout

15. that moment when both kids have just left for school

16. jigsaw puzzles on snow days

17. baby holding

18. radical efforts at peacemaking