Nora Ephron past away on June 26 after her battle with leukemia. She left behind behind an incredible wealth of wit, wonderful writing and entertaining films. If you haven’t seen Heart Burn (1986), rent it! Meryl Streep is divine, as usual and Jack Nicholson plays her perfect counterpart as we watch a marriage crumble.
In Ephron’s last book, I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections she includes a list of things she will miss and what she won’t as she faced her own mortality and that is what Deborah of MannahattaMamma has asked us to do with this week’s Monday Listicles:
What I Won’t Miss:
- Take offs
- Bras
- Acne
- Shaving, keeping my nails manicured and blow drying my hair
- Trips to the grocery store, stocking the fridge, mounds of laundry and visits to the dry cleaner.
- Mean people
- Answering the question “what do you want for dinner?”
- Heartache
- Self-induced pressure
- Cats
What I Will Miss:
- Landings
- Jammies
- Lucas’ smile
- The smell of the ocean
- My pillow
- Sunflowers
- My husband’s dry sense of humor, my sister’s hugs, and my friend’s laughter
- Iced Chai tea lattes
- My natural curiosity about the world
- Dogs
Linking up with Stasha of The Good Life’s Monday Listicles, a meme right up my alley, because I LOVE lists!
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I won’t miss bras or acne too!
Both just suck!
Cats and dog-ditto! love this list. I was going to say drying my hair too, but I honestly have not done it in the whole of 2012 yet so I would be lying
Cats walk on their poop and then your kitchen counters. Ew.
I’m laughing at how many people put bras on their lists. I love your lists, they are fabulous!
Thanks. Bras? A cruel joke.
I want to get self-induced pressure out of my life now! And bras.
Great lists. I especially liked your mirroring of the take offs versus landings. Ellen
Self-induced pressure sucks and I have not yet found a way to avoid it. Sigh.
Jammies! Mine are just ok, but I will be so sad when my kids are wearing shorts and t-shirts instead of cute, purposeful jammies.
No kidding, children’s jammies are the best, but I was actually referring to my own. I wear plan Hanes tank tops and bottoms from Old Navy. I’d wear them everywhere if I could!!
Bras are, obviously, something completely foreign (and, if I’m completely honest, a little bit scary) to me, but I really thought we were supposed to outgrow acne when we became adults.
And there is nothing like the smell of the ocean after you’ve been away for awhile.
Bras are scary. I have one that can be converted seven different ways. Crazy, huh?
And the ocean? Bliss.
If we all hate bras do much why are we still wearing them? We must be dumb…
Yep. I completely agree, my friend.
I love that you love sunflowers like I do, it makes me smile to think of us sharing a cupcake at table with gorgeous sunflowers sitting on it.
and the smell of the ocean can bring me peace even on my most anxious days.
but please don’t go anywhere anytime soon, I need to HUG you .
I get tired of answering the question “What IS for dinner?” Sometimes when I’m really tired I’ll say “I don’t know, do you?” Shuts husband up real fast.
Oh, YES!!! My pillow, my pillow, my pillow!!!
I travel with mine I love it so.
I won’t miss the question “what’s for dinner?”
It’s just lame.
I HATE grocery shopping and I really dislike putting it all away. Although of all the tasks involved in grocery’ing I abhor the carrying of all the bags in the most!
I don’t like take offs OR landings. I am not a good flyer. But that is mostly because Irishman is an air traffic controller. I know the behind the scenes from their end. If he isn’t working…I don’t fly in or out of our city.
Iced Chai Tea Lattes or Hot Chai Tea Lattes- YES PLEASE!
And answering that question, “What’s for dinner?” every.single.night. UGH! Won’t miss that!
I have only been drinking Chai tea lattes for a year and have probably gained 5 pounds because of them, but dang it, they are so good!!
I would totally miss my bra. My ladies need something to hold them up or things get ugly (and if I ran? I would get black eyes).
Also? I HATE the question “what do you want for dinner?” or “where do you want to go for dinner?” Worst decisions to make EVER!
It’s true, sadly most of us NEED the cumbersome supporters, but that doesn’t mean we have to like them. Does it?
Oh gosh, I hate answering what I want for dinner too!
Isn’t it the absolute worst? Ugh!
[...] writing All the items I included on my list last week as things I will miss when I’m gone (Ode to Nora Ephron) should be what I’m thanking this week. Instead, I have a different list (in no particular [...]
I agree with both of your lists! Aww, thank you for the sweet hug moment. I would miss way too much about you. XOXO