…in no particular order…

1. My sense of humor — it is quirky and sometimes dark.
2. I can still see the world through a child’s eyes and can be childlike (more often than adultlike, I fear)
3. My cooking. I really like the food I make, at least most of the time
4. My writing. While not as good as some, I feel that I write well and it is something I love to do.
5. I like how I set out to ensure my kids became readers and they did. I have no doubt it had a lot to do with seeing me read, having me read to them and talking about books with them from a young age.
6. The Illinois-shaped birthmark on my inner right calf.
7. I treasure my values and the fact that I continue to strive to be a better person, morally and ethically, all the time.
8. I like that I have an open mind about many things, except maybe certain foods — like I don’t want to ever (knowingly) eat a bug.
9. I like that I can identify more birds than the average human.
10. I like that I raised (okay, helped raise) two outstanding humans. When I dismiss it as genetics, they both assure me that it was much more than that.