In one of my book groups, I have been reading Nora Ephron--brilliant lady, she wrote the screenplay for Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, and You've Got Mail. In the back of one of her books, I Remember Nothing, she has a list of things she will miss and things she won't miss after she dies. Part of our "homework" for book group (beyond, you know, reading the book), was to make our own lists. And what's the good of a list if you don't share it? So here are my lists.
What I Will Miss:
1. Alex's cheesy jokes
2. Allie's thoughtfulness and kindness
3. Boden's giggle
4. Book groups
5. Bike rides and all the disasters therein
6. Christmas baking
7. Raspberry picking
8. Piling on the couch with my sisters
9. Dana Point
10. London
11. Sleeping with the fan on
12. Long phone calls with my sisters
13. Shakespeare
14. Jane Austen
16. Adaptations of Jane Austen's and Shakespeare's works
17. Dr. Who
18. The excitement of starting a new book
19. Reading in bed
20. Reading anywhere
21. Kindred spirits
22. My parents and parental figures, and how they all inspire me to be my best self
23. Chocolate and peanut butter (aka the Food of the Gods)
24. Acting out the scriptures with my kids
25. Getting up early to go running, feeling like I am the only person on Earth
26. Sweet-smelling newborn babies
27. A snuggly dog falling asleep on my lap
26. Dutch Letters
27. King County Library System
What I Won't Miss:
1. Pants that are too tight
2. Gray, gloomy days
3. Pine needles in my car and in my house
4. Voicemail
5. Christmas cards and the inherent guilt trips they come with
6. Pasty white skin
7. Guitar riffs in songs I otherwise like
8. The mess my kids make in the car
9. Airplanes and airports
10. PTSA Board Meetings
11. Brushing my teeth
12. Politics
13. Mosquitos
14. White Chocolate
15. Coconut
16. Shrimp
17. Coconut Shrimp
18. My cell phone
19. Emptying the dishwasher
20. 2nd grade homework
21. Frizzy hair
22. That depressing lull when I don't have a good book to read
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