Most likely the last berries of the season from our garden
Inspired by Andrea and Laurie’s lists in I wish people would pay me to hold their hand on airplanes, I wrote my own.
I wish people would pay me to love dogs.
I wish people would pay me to read books.
I wish people would pay me to write with them.
I wish people would pay me to make them lists of things they need to read or see or listen to.
I wish people would pay me to pick out the perfect gift.
I wish people would pay me to wait with them.
I wish people would pay me to cry.
I wish people would pay me to go on a long walk with them.
I wish people would pay me to organize their junk drawers.
I wish people would pay me to notice.
I wish people would pay me to read them to sleep.
1. Colorado sky, especially the sunrises and sunsets.
Bonus joy: being able to work from home, paid sick days, pay day, a whole weekend with no real plans, signing up for Susan Piver’s Fearlessly Creative retreat, a watermelon ripe enough to share, soaking in a hot bath, teaching yoga and feeling calm and like I know what I’m doing, a hot cup of tea, clean pjs, clean sheets, napping with the dogs, when Eric gets home from work, tomato gratin with tomatoes and basil and onion from our garden, pizza with fresh pineapple and leftover bbq and basil from the garden for toppings, our garden even as it fades, the cooler weather even as it fades our garden, the amazing sunrise this morning that set the sky on fire, paying bills, my new car, my new bathroom which almost a year later probably doesn’t count as new anymore, fresh flowers in the bathroom, a good pair of jeans.
