Miranda and Riley have been deprived for months of the daily sensory pleasures of life. As they embark on a new step on their journey, I had to stop and spend some time considering the normal joys of life—more specifically, the normal joys of MY life. Here is a list of fifteen glad things in my own life, which may find their way into Miranda and Riley’s.
1. Warm water flowing through my hair.
2. The scent of soap.
3. A beautiful song.
4. Climbing the highest hill and looking at the view.
5. Flower petals brushing against my skin.
6. A warm hand in mine.
7. A hot drink on a cold day.
8. Laughing with someone I like.
9. Liking someone I laugh with.
10. Sand slipping through my fingers.
11. Good, dark soil under my bare feet.
12. The right poem at the right time.
13. A story that makes me cry.
14. A story that makes me laugh.
15. The sound of wind in poplar trees.

If you particularly like one of these, please let me know. If you have some of your own, do list them.