In looking for what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable, and excellent, and worthy of praise, here is what I have found:

• His homily about healing
• Tires that can drive in the snow
• My saint of the year
• Her bringing me a cinnamon crunch bagel
• A call even though it could have been a text 
• Him clamoring for more of these lists
• An iced mint coffee
• Life updates over lunch
• The ongoing bit about bear danger 
• The toddler sleeping on his shoulder 
• Unknowingly going to the same mass
• The pink and teal sky
• A bengals win
• A doubles win
• Her saying, “you’re not nice with your tennis but you’re a very kind human” as I scraped off her car after our match
• The videos of their kids spinning
• The baby with the red button nose
• Watercolors
• The Detroit lions
• Duolingo
• Her excitement about me reading this book
• Snow angels
• Coworking at the kitchen table
• A homemade sled
• The neighbors shoveling her driveway
• The women doing tai chi 

Want to create a list of your own? It’s all about noticing. I generally look for the ways I feel loved by God and others, the moments of human connection happening around me, and little things that make me smile.

If you create a list, I’d love to read it. If you have my number, you can text it to me. If you don’t, send it on over to abigailbressoud@gmail.com