Reasons to Live: Cause it's just that kind of Day

Reasons to live:

Here’s what I came up with:

• Vinnie
• Sammy
• Louie
• Franny
• Dad
• Mom
• Friends
• Vinnie baseball
• Louie’s football and golf
• Vinnie soccer and football
• Sammy’s graduation from high school
• Louie’s graduation from 8^th grade
• Vinnie graduation from 8^th grade
• Louie’s Kairos
• Louie’s graduation from high school
• Vinnie’s Kairos
• Vinnie’s graduation from high school
• Graduating from college
• Acceptance into grad school
• Joining the peace corps
• Skydiving
• Scuba diving
• Falling in love
• Getting married
• Being pregnant
• Child birth
• Adoption process
• Traveling to a different country to meet my child
• Meeting my child for the first time
• Witnessing a miracle
• Traveling around the US
• All states
• Traveling around the world to add more countries to the list of places I’ve been
• Africa
• Uganda
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• South Africa
• Madagascar
• Asia
• China
• Japan
• Europe
• Austria
• Greece
• Italy
• Luxembourg
• Netherlands
• Spain
• Switzerland
• South Pacific
• New Zealand
• Fiji
• Central America
• Guatemala
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• South America
• Argentina
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Chile
• Peru
• Venezuela

Here’s what I found online:

• Sunrises
• Climbing trees
• The way the earth looks/smells after it rains
• When a cat sits on your lap instead of the laps of the 8 other people in the room
• The feeling you get when you beat an anxiety attack
• Creating art
• Finishing a piece of art
• When someone says, “That reminded me of you.”
• Meeting a person who feels the same way you do about the world, knowing you’re not as alone as you thought you were
• Eye contact with a beautiful stranger
• The rush you feel driving through an intense thunderstorm
• Laughing so hard you pee your pants
• Letters in the mail
• Family events you don’t want to go to that make you feel surprisingly thankful
• Getting so full you have to unbutton your pants
• Acing a test
• Forgiving others and yourself
• When someone says, “I’m proud of you.”
• Telling someone how much you love them
• You have forever to be dead
• Sleep
• Kittens
• How awesome it feels when a class gets cancelled
• Hearing the song that has been stuck in your head all day
• To fade your scars
• To help someone
• Falling asleep to rain
• Baby laughter
• Books you can’t put down
• Coffee
• Hot cocoa
• Finally proving someone wrong
• Strangers smiling at you
• The ability to share your story
• Making a difference
• Going on dates
• Old people discounts
• You know what life is, but death is unknown
• You wouldn’t be able to pick the clothes you would be buried in
• Funerals are expensive
• There may not be chocolate in the afterlife
• No one deserves to become a statistic
• Life can change, but death is pretty absolute
• Seeing Finding Dory when it comes out
• Seeing your best friend get married
• Ice cream
• The feeling you get when you don’t have to set an alarm for the next day
• When teachers use your work as a good example and you’re just like, “Fuck yeah.”
• Amusement parks
• The butterfly project
• When a baby holds on to one of your fingers with their entire hand
• Learning the lyrics to an Eminem song and being able to rap it like a boss
• The cold side of the pillow
• Random unexpected texts
• When you meow at a cat and it meows back
• When you start smiling and can’t stop it
• Getting random amounts of money
• Sunsets