Ten.Two Thousand, Five Hundred & Sixty-Six

1. Someone else is out here with a flashlight.

2. I’m still mad about it.

3. Half-day.

4. I start tearing up while putting the tiny tin of frosting on the cinnamon rolls and think of how she talked about crying while watching the coach walk with the players to the field. And, I think, maybe it’s also just a mom thing—this crying at all the little things.

5. Start there.

6. She drops off a small dish of gummy bears.

7. Made it here, but not with enough time to get to the ocean. You can feel it, though, in the air.

8. Can’t believe I never made it to the ocean once this summer.

9. “Machinehead” starts to play, and I think of how sad it is that none of these kids will ever know the iconic MTV moment when Gavin Rossdale sang “Machinehead” in the rain.

10. A lot of tears over burnt Kagemand.