1. Morning walks. Things are really starting to turn green and come alive. There was lots of owl magic this week, along with a few deer and a tiny bit of snow.

2. Good trouble. And all the good people who are willing to get involved.

3. Tokarski Home. Mom is doing so well there and it’s such a relief. I guess last week when “the twins” (the one set in Mom’s family) were visiting, Mom kept asking them to roll her out of her room and down the hall. When they asked her why, she said, “so I can see Jill.” I miss you too, Mom.

4. Pacing myself. I’ve really practiced this recently, trying to honor my limits. It can be hard because other people get disappointed and I have a long history of making sure everyone else is okay even when I’m not.

5. My tiny family, small house, little life. I love it here. With spring on its way, Ringo and Eric spend lots of time lounging in the yard, which reminds me to do the same.

Bonus joy: Texting with Chris, listening to podcasts, eating good food, a big glass of clean cold water, Pilates, yoga at Red Sage and Raintree, getting in the pool and the sauna, the hydromassage chair, plantain chips and dip, KIND nut clusters, marionberry flavored gummies, stretching, grocery shopping, poets and poetry, libraries and librarians, comedy, true crime, books from the library for my Kindle, daffodils and forsythia, yellow, other people’s kids and dogs, how soft new grass is, all the different kinds of bread, down blankets and pillows, my Shakti mat, my weighted blanket, the way cats purr, horses, bonsai trees, tiny brass animals, flowers in the bathroom, naps, a warm shower, houseplants, reading in bed at night while Eric and Ringo sleep.