The New York Times obituary for Nora Ephron last week ended with several items f...

The New York Times obituary for Nora Ephron last week ended with several items from a list of things that Ephron knew she would miss:

“Taking a bath

Coming over the bridge to Manhattan

Pie.”

In the last week, I have gone back to read those words again and again. They made me want to write my own. This is how my list begins:

Laughing

The feel of airplane wheels touching down on a runway

Fireflies . . .

I’m just getting started.