The Little Things

• Drinking tea out of china cups

• Calling my aunt just to chat sometimes

• Missing London even though I only visited it for nine hours

• Crying when a character dies in a book

• Dancing in the summer rain and skipping in the autumn leaves

• Edgar Allan Poe in all his poetic, twisted glory

• Spending my weekends making sandwiches to give to homeless kids

• Being completely disorganized, yet somehow still knowing where everything is

• Singing all day every day, no matter where I am (and sometimes without realizing I'm doing it)

• Telling my mom everything because we're best friends

• Teaching myself American Sign Language

• Wishing on falling stars

• Drinking coffee even though my doctor advises against it, given I have five stomach ulcers

• Sweaters and scarves, sweaters and scarves, sweaters and scarves

• People who understand my obsessive need for proper grammar and punctuation

• Being challenged to describe myself in one sentence (I finally came up with "I am slow to trust but love fiercely with all my heart").