Kristin,
It's so good, to once again be back here and thinking more deeply about what this idea of a love list really means.

Meredith,
I find your story touching, and at the same time so interesting that I would read this today.  I'm just home from a funeral this afternoon.  Not someone I knew directly, the mother to a good friend.  And in this case it was not unexpected, and it was time.  It was still sad, though, thinking about life, and the ending of it.  Although, I like to think that this isn't the end, that this is only the beginning - the beginning with something much greater beyond.  Of course, losing a loved family member is not easy.  Today, I shared in that sadness, and then laughed at the good memories from years past - and a glimpse into a life I didn't know.

Life here on earth is not fully known...really - what's next.  And that's okay, we have this moment - now.  And that's really where this love list idea is so beautiful.  Because, for me, that list is a lot of things - especially, though - it's the moments.  Those little moments that mean so much.  And I'll take them, and I'll love them...and whatever tomorrow brings, I'll know that love is always there, and love is always good.

Meredith, thank you so much for sharing your story, especially today - as I think more deeply about what this idea of "moment" means to me...