some things I miss

Catching fireflies in a jar, then letting them go again.

Acrylic nails, but not the expense or the seeing-stars-pain of hitting one on a surface.

The Mom I had from 1975-2002. I never saw that woman again.

Crane onion skin writing paper & envelopes in canary yellow.

My guitars.

My cousins Bobby, Catherine and Beth.

Good Humor Chocolate Eclair Ice Cream on a stick.

Full-sized toilet paper rolls.

Thin Mints - original size, three sleeves in a box.

Hill Street Blues.

Playing backgammon with college buddies.

Sam, when he was a newborn, 3 years old and 6 years old.

My dogs - Belle, Peanut, Jennifer, Sunshine, and C.R.

My cats - Ninja, Angel, Nicole, and Joe.

The excitement and joy of Christmas mornings as a child.

Cap'n Crunch cereal.

My Slip 'n' Slide.

Pittman Park UMC.

Montreat, NC.

Knowing my brothers.