- find/found reasons to appreciate your family
- accumulate(d) friends and amass(ed) memories
- enjoy(ed) the unbridled, no-strings love of a pet - hopefully more than once in your lifetime
- learn(ed) what you needed to know (and used it well)
- strive/strove to remain curious and open to all of life's lessons
- stand/stood up for someone incapable of standing up for themselves
- experience(d) a protective guiding force of your own when it is/was most needed
- own(ed) a completely comfortable pair of shoes, jeans, and an over-sized sweater
- teach/taught yourself a skill, and then pass(ed) it down to another eager student
- excel(led) at something you enjoy(ed)
- understand/understood the power of belief and prayer
- practice(d) patience, kindness, empathy, teaching, giving and receiving, sharing
- share(d) the road and drive/drove like a citizen of a larger community... and not a total asshole
- share(d) a secret 'family' recipe
- share(d) your crayons
- share(d) happiness
- share(d) yourself
- find/found contentment
- love(d); found love, gave love, received love, enjoyed love, learned from love
Go and live your life, and peace be with you ~