what today is

Today is my 5th wedding anniversary, and my mother's birthday.

What I'm going to do is celebrate two people who have meant a lot to me, and who won't be around in the way they used to be.

To kick off my party, here is a list of other things I love:

• fabric stores that cut a generous yard
• early afternoon mail delivery
• baby feet
• light'nin bugs
• dahlias
• laughing with my aunts and grandmother
• trees and images of them
• watching Schmin cook
  
• eating what Schmin cooks
• talks with friends
• sewing for Gracie
• sun roofs
• cotton
  
• peanut butter anything
• little girls' dresses
• warm summer nights
• bike riding
  
• traveling with my father
• the smell of rain
• the moment in writing a play or a story when everything else falls away
  
• grace