These I Have Loved

Perhaps a quick explanation of the title before I actually do what I set out to do in this post. In the 9th grade I was fortunate enough to have Mrs. Bean as my English teacher. Mrs. Bean was one of those teachers that inspires confidence in kids and had a special knack with teenagers. She encouraged my reading and writing in a way that no other teacher had done before or has done since. I was also blessed to be in her class again Senior year for creative writing which was awesome. She was and still is an inspiration in my life.

Once in a while in her class we would make lists. She would give us a topic and we would then make a list about that topic. The topics ranged widely and I was always amazed at myself with my completed list. One of the topics I remember vividly was the title above. So here is your list. I am sure it will only be a partial.

These I Have Loved

1. Family
2. Friends
3. The Gospel of Jesus Christ
4. Pete the Cat
5. Warm clothes out of the dryer
6. Mint chocolate chip ice cream (this could be a blog in and of itself)
7. Missouri and Illinois in the spring
8. Food to eat and water to drink
9. New babies
10. Laughing
11. Movies
12. Music that touches my soul
13. A new kidney and a sister who gave me one of hers.
14. My niece dogs
15. My pretend nieces that my friends let me spoil
16. Encouragement from friends and family
17. Each one of my Seminary students
18. The Old Testament
19. Smiling
20. Making someones day
21. A good joke
22. A job well done
23. Food not touching
24. Flowers
25. Milk
26. Chocolate
27. Teachers who had an influence on me (see above)
28. Living in many different places
29. Being able to keep in touch with those I love dearly
30. Night sky with stars
31. Sweet Dreams
32. Fireflies
33. Firefly the TV show (if you haven't checked it out and you love Sci-Fi watch it!)
34. Star Wars
35. Star Trek
36. A good book to read
37. Crying when I need to
38. Learning lessons from relationships
39. My job
40. My life

Here's a challenge..everyone else do it!