Ten.Two Thousand, Four Hundred & Eighty

1. Slow.

2. I see the silhouette of Mama Bird sitting on the nest.

3. The more and more I learn, the more and more I feel affirmed—clear—that the next right thing will be something that is not this.

4. Considerate.

5. The irony of being late after talking about how much you hate being late.

6. I notice her looking me up and down twice. It’s the socks and the clogs. It’s that she just saw me in work clothes. It’s my work-from-home day. Birks always.

7. Five more days until school begins again. Yikes.

8. What do I need more of? What do I need less of?

9. Last choir concert of the year. Last choir concert for him ever?

10. Considerate - 2. Spirited - 1. Direct - 2.

11. “It’s cliche, but the saying is, ‘the truth will set you free.’”