What I Love – A List

August 10, 2012

Photograph courtesy of Rachel McGinn photography

Written by Marykate Wurster, mother of three wonderful children, Gladwyne, PA

Polka dots
Stripes – especially navy and white
The Sound of Music
Fun dangling earrings
Fresh cut flowers on my kitchen table
My youngest daughter’s laugh
Blue summer skies with white billowing clouds
The sound of a tea kettle whistling
The smell of freshly brewed coffee
Dutch doors
Clean stacks of laundry
Sport sounds – the crack of a bat hitting a baseball, the swoosh of a golf swing, the sound a basketball makes as it dives through the net
Newborns, especially if I don’t have to be up all night with them!
A clear night sky bursting with stars
Avocado’s
Christmas carols
Pumpkin bread
Old friends
Dinner with friends
Serendipity

One of my favorite lines, and a well known one, is from the play Our Town. “Good-bye to clocks ticking….and Mama’s sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new ironed dresses and hot baths….and sleeping and waking up. Oh, earth, you are too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it– every, every minute?”.

Clocks ticking, that is a wonderful sound. And how about the turn signal on your car? Mine always reminds me of driving with my Nana. The rhythmic clicking sound takes me back and suddenly I am seven again in the car with my grandmother, on one of our outings. So tell me, what is it you love?

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4 Comments »

Tara Manna
on August 10, 2012 8:20 pm
MK, I absolutely love your list – it put a huge smile on my face. Do you know that I print everything you write and find myself reading them to my family during dinner time? Love reading all your blogs because they are so moving, inspirational and optimistic; just like you. The one we all connected with the most was about laughter – totally agree!!! Thank you for being the most amazing friend ever. Looking forward to our adventure to Philly. The Mannas MISS the Wursters more than you know. Love you, Maggie, Ronald and Amanda. xoxo Tara
Jan Kent
on August 14, 2012 4:47 pm
What I love list:

The air after a sudden spring shower
bread baking
the pile of a really soft blanket
a hot drink on a cold day
quiet forest glens
walking the beach at sunrise (sunset)
a child’s hand in mine
goodnight stories
exhaustion after good exercise
home made tapioca pudding
freshly brewed coffee
my grandson’s laugh
scented candles
twinkling lights and twinkling stars
acts of kindness
hugs
a good book
an inspired student
the satisfaction of a job well done
sleeping in a freshly made bed
wind chimes
prisms
kaleidoscopes
sunlight through stained glass
reverent silence in church
fireworks
chimney smoke and burning leaves in the autumn
lilacs in the spring
campfires

these are just a few of my favorite things…
jan
Marykate Wurster
on August 14, 2012 4:53 pm
Jan – gorgeous!! And so beautiful – I loved being taken through your list. I keep coming up with new ones – attics, window seats, seeing my kids for the first time when school gets out. thanks so much for sharing.
Marykate Wurster
on August 15, 2012 4:21 pm
Tara, thanks for your comments!! Sending love to all!! XXOO