Ten.One Thousand, Eight Hundred & Forty-Five

1. Blurry eyes.

2. Overcast morning. No red sunrise. Coffee percolating. Leftover garlic knots.

3. Morning yoga. Should not have had the bread.

4. Four baskets of laundry and water and coffee. Overcast skies. Quiet.

5. Wishing time would slow down.

6. He was so tiny. Could fit him in the crook of my arm.

7. I let him tell the story to start because it is that funny. I am laughing so hard that I am crying. But I haven’t heard anything in the attic since that night.

8. The cookies must be in the oven. Scents of baking spice and butter wafting up into the bedroom.

9. If I am going to be working on something, I’m glad it’s this.

10. If I say it out loud enough maybe I’ll believe it, too.