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- Family that always supports me and believes in me
- Friends that get me
- Colleagues that are very much my family-at-work
- Students that make me laugh, cry, think, feel, and stretch…. sometimes all at the exact same time
- Prayer and answers to prayer
- The Book of Mormon (the book, not the musical)
- Tacos
- PDX Vox
- A roof over my head
- Health insurance
- My niece, nephew, and one on the way
- My education
- Being done with grad school, but never done learning
- Books
- Writers
- Netflix
- Hulu
- Lydia the purple chair
- Mike the deliverer and fixer of all chairs
- Living in a place that isn’t limited to one language or culture
- My Hamilton ticket!
- A best friend that’s been in my life for 30 years
- Being able to write
- Public transportation
- Bright colors
- My hair stylist
- Cats
- Chocolate
- Finding a good counselor
- BSD providing ten sessions per year
- Gilmore Girls
- Gilmore Guys
- Trees
- The ocean
- Laughter that comes from the depth of the soul
- Love in all its many flavors
- The Atonement
- Coziness–yes, the entire concept
- Trains
- Magical lipstick
- Christmas lights
- GPS
- Dark chocolate m&m’s
- The Round Table Pizza guy
- ADA and IDEA
- Social media, when used responsibly
- Sleep
- Temples
- Electricity
- Indoor plumbing
- Obama
- Disney
- That I got to know all four of my grandparents
- And one great-grandparent
- Christmas music
- Many years of MDA Camp
- Living across the street from everything
- The first two “inclement weather days,” but only those two
- Otters
- Pumpkin spice in all the things
- Wicked
- Sharpie pens
- Forgiveness
- Leggings
- Maxi skirts
- The Pacific Northwest
- Civil rights activists
- Amazon Prime
- The humanitarians of the world
- The 90s
- Dangly earrings
- Purple
- That we don’t have to pay for every text anymore
- The helpers, all of the helpers
- My unreasonably good health
- Dr. Pepper
- Eleven years and counting at the same school
- Wisdom and compassion gained from life’s challenges
- Skype
- Monthly cake days
- Puffs Plus With Vicks
- Check deposit via smart phone
- Having a voice and the confidence to use it
- Lasik
- Word games
- Immigrants
- That first sunny day in the spring
- All the other sunny days too
- Living in a blue state
- The term “xennial” finally existing
- Choice
- Google
- My many teachers, both formally and informally
- Rainbows
- Inside jokes
- Avocados
- Ducks (the animal, not the mascot)
- Patriarchal blessings
- Flavored water
- Etcetera 🙂
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