What saves me from the tedium of another day?

• Conversing briefly with the petite cashier at the home improvement store who bears the same name as my daughter;

• hearing the gut level laugh of a little guy in the grocery cart;

• my cat pushing her nose through the paper I’m reading to get close to my face  so she has my undivided attention;

• seeing the birds, each with their partner, flitting around the bird feeder in my back yard;

• the way the ladies say my name when I walk into my SS class on Sunday morning;

• the inflection in my adult son’s voice when he calls and says ‘Mama’;

• hearing “I like to talk to you, Nana” across the phone line;

• a friend listening and empathizing…