26-50

26. Biting into the proscuitto and arugula pizza at Otto
27. Hearing the senators vote "Yea" or "Nay" on the issue of the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton while looking down at their faces.
28. Cruising along the Potomac on an early summer night
29. Riding and dancing in Autumn's car on the way to the liquor store after our final first year exam
30. "Hark I Hear" with Brooke
31. Watching Allyson walk down the aisle
32. Dinner at Tru
33. "Deeper Shade of Soul" in Allyson's Chevy Blazer
34. My conversation with Bill the night after Beth's wedding
35. Watching Mr. Shaw conduct
36. the way it felt to have my mom lift me out of bed and into her arms every morning for years
37. Watching Daddy mop the floor in his red sweatshirt
38. Coming up for a breath and seeing my sister at the other end of the pool telling me I was going to make it
39. Standing in front of the whole school as the lone representative from Mrs. Adcock's class to make all A's
40. watching my sister finally beat the record in a time trial in Tuscaloosa
41. Sitting on Ashley's stoop having 227 with Ashley and Burch following "Saving Private Ryan"
42. Fried chicken and mashed potatoes on Sunday afternoons
43. Christmas vacations when my sister would be home from college and the house would be full again
44. spending the weekend with Allyson and Walker--aged 3 months
45. sticking my toe in the Pacific Ocean for the first time
46. long afternoons on the Pontoon boat in Tennessee
47. watching Pebbles run back and forth over the sand dunes
48. Christmas morning when I got the Barbie Dream House
49. Eating crab cakes on the water in Maryland
50. the King's Singers at the Kennedy Center