* Jd. rubbing my back and offering to play  an Andy Griffith Show dvd for me when I wasn't feeling well
* My son, C, cleaning up the yard and putting up a new bird house
*  Jm. bringing M. to the dentist for me last week
* C. buying power tools with his own money
* cozy afternoons next to the "fire" (aka my fake fireplace electric heater ;))
* nebulizers