The LiG list

I'm working on a writeup about our LIFE is Good experiences, but I am slow. In the meantime, here is my thank-you to Mary Gold:

Dear Mary,

Every year after LIFE is Good, I struggle with the need to tell you what this conference means to me. But every year it is so hard to put into words something that is pure (purest!) feeling. This year's attempt is simply a list of nouns.

What WE Found and Appreciated at LIFE is Good 2010
**A partial list from A to Z(ed)**

- Acceptance
- Activities
- Amy
- Art
- Authenticity
- Babies
- Bald heads
- Balloons
- Bananagrams
- Belonging
- Bionicles
- Birthdays
- Boppers
- Bounties
- Boys
- Brilliance
- Bubbles
- Canadians
- Captain Jack Sparrow
- Chess
- Circle Chats
- Color
- Compassion
- Connections
- Contribution
- Conversation
- Creativity
- Dads
- Dancing
- Discoveries
- Discussions
- Drum Circle
- Energy
- Entertainment
- Fairy Godparents
- Flags
- Friendship
- Fun
- Gaming
- Generosity
- Gifts
- Giggles
- Girls
- Gratitude
- Greybeards
- Hair dye
- Harmony
- Honoring
- Hope
- Hot Backup Chicks
- Hugs
- Hula hoops
- Ideas
- Inspiration
- Joy
- Jumping
- Kindness
- Kids
- Kimya
- Kindness
- Laughter
- Learning
- Life
- Light
- Lone Nuts
- Love
- Mamas
- Meaning
- Motivation
- Music
- Nightowls
- Nursing
- Opportunities
- Originality
- Patience
- Peace
- Perspective
- Pirate treasure
- Playfulness
- Pleasure
- Pokemon
- Presentations
- Questioning
- Quiet (really!)
- Rejuvenation
- Respect
- Restoration
- Romping
- Sharing
- Smiles
- Splashing
- Support
- Talking
- Teens
- Thinking
- Thoughtfulness
- Thriller
- Tie dye
- Time Warp
- Toddlers
- Trust
- Uniqueness
- Unity
- Validation
- Value
- Variety
- Vision
- Visionaries
- Volunteers
- Wii
- Will
- Wine
- Wisdom
- Wonder
- World of Warcraft
- Yes
- Zenmomma

Thank you, Mary, for making it happen once again. Our lives are immeasurably improved by this community.

(Updated 5:09 p.m. with additions from the LIFE is Good Yahoo! group. Thanks, Robin and Kim! Updated again 6/4 with additions from Shonna, Tammi, and Jinger.)