- Culpeper, VA and all that entails including Relay For Life.
- The smell of fresh cut grass.
- The plop. I thank God for my Hudson-sided hair.
- Picking up a jungle green Crayola crayon when my preschool teacher asked me what my favorite color was. It has stuck for 21 years.
- My grandma's old kitchen/patio and Friday nights there with a Happy Meal as Dad was out coaching.
- Hours and hours outside playing with my brother.
- My birthdays...I can remember every single one, except for the first 3.
- Things: Apple products, mouthguards, Volvo, Crystal Light Strawberry Energy, Pantene Pro-V, long towels, Combos on roadtrips
- The feeling of surprising another and being surprised.
- Family meals.
- A family that didn't live through me, but lived to support and encourage me.
- School. I loved every year. Preschool. Elementary. Middle. High. College. Ate it up with a spoon.
- Bum clothes.
- Road Trips with friends
- Country music as the comforting background of my life.
- Sports. Playing, watching, coaching, cheering, following, living.
- Tomatoes straight from the garden.
- Sweat after a good workout.
- Charlottesville and all that entails from UVA, the B & B, and running.
- Sunday mornings.
- The feel of fresh sheets.
- Simple notes of affirmation of thanks.
- The beach in the summer with my cousins and family.
- A sharpened pencil and a notepad.
- Those gorgeous days when the windows can be down or cracked. Sunglasses on. Shorts and long sleeves.
Moral of the Story: While these are things, they've been conducive to some of my favorite memories or feelings in life.
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