My friend Jenny who lives in England has been sick with ME for 9 years. She recently posted a list of her favourite things on her blog and asked her friends to do the same on December 1st to bring a smile to her face on a dark day (9 years since she first became ill).
These are a few of my favourite things (in no particular order):
- food of most kinds, especially coffee & cake/pastries, hearty Italian food, deliciously flavoursome Thai or Indian food, icecream or gelato, fresh sweet pineapple, juicy peaches, champagne
- singing harmonies
- reading the Bible with someone and learning together from it
- exploring new places when travelling
- the beach (rockpools, reading on the beach, walking on the beach at low tide, swimming when the surf is gentle)
- summer evenings spent outside with friends and a summery drink
- observing language patterns and playing language games
- getting packages and handwritten letters in the mail
- listening to singable music while baking - especially at Christmas time, baking mince pies or shortbread while listening to and singing along with classic Christmas carols (A Carnegie Hall Christmas has been my favourite for a long time)
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