John Y’s Musings from the Middle: My Favorite Things

Remember Julie Andrews memorable song, “These are a few of my favorite things” where she taught us….

“When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I’m feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things

And then I don’t feel so bad”

But what if the “Favorite things” in the song, don’t really do it for you?

I mean, remember? The favorite things are things like

“Cream colored ponies” and “whiskers on kittens,”

“Bright copper kettles” and “Brown paper packages tied up with strings”

I never told anyone but non...