Ten.Two Thousand & Ninety-Four
- I can’t remember the details of the dream, only that I needed to do something. 
- First day. First day. 
- I open the can of cinnamon rolls, and it doesn’t just pop. It bursts. Sticky cinnamon crumbs splatter across the front of my white dress. 
- Still feeling unprepared. 
- Look at these faces. Another year. Another stairstep photo in the trees. 
- “It’s your favorite day,” she says. “I literally was about to say that.” 
- “Whose number is this?” 
- His energy is just always different when he’s had a good day, and today, even though he had to go to school, he definitely had a good day. 
- This back-and-forth is too much. 
- They are coming while I am going. 
