The Epic List of Things and Feelings Cori Loves (Part 1):

#1: Laying in bed or on the couch, wrapped in a blanket with a book and some sort of hot drink on a cold day, and listening to the rain on the roof or watching the snow fall while you read.

#2: Coming into a warm building after standing in the freezing cold and feeling your skin slowly thaw out.

#3: That first blast of A/C every time you walk into a store in the summer.

#4: The first time you wear shorts after a long, cold winter and step onto the warm grass with completely bare feet and take a deep breath of sunny air.

#5: Snuggling into your pillow and finally allowing yourself to drift off when you've been fighting to stay awake all day.

#6: Laying on hot concrete and letting the sun hit your back after you've been swimming.

#7: That exact moment when you're looking at a picture, listening to a song, watching a movie, or just sitting there, and suddenly you're so full of words and images you can't stand to not create something.

#8: Sniffing and having all the congestion from a long cold suddenly be gone as your nose is crammed full with all the smells you've been missing.

#9: Having charcoal/pencil/paint/clay/any other art medium smeared on your face, hands, or arms.

#10: Holding someone in your arms, or the other way around, and realizing that,“Oh yeah, that's right! Of all the places to go, of all the things to see, of all the people to meet, this is exactly where I wanted to be, all this time...”