1) I have company, my tiny family is around me ...

2) I feel loved

3) Saw investment properties that people can afford out there today, if you can do the work to remodel, etc., there are some good opportunities out there for many who missed the boat in the boom ... and wouldn't become a high risk when that was the practice.

4) We went to dinner last night at 'our' favorite restaurant in my town, and the chef remembered us and came by to say hello - so sweet!

5) For the first time in years, my daughter told someone how I was this progressive Mom, who trusted her, and allowed her to go places others her age had to wait longer to appreciate - how as she grew up, would find herself advancing, even in college, towards finding her life work - something she loved to do and took risks even, to achieve!!!