Ten. One Thousand, One Hundred & Fifty-Seven

1. Taking longer for the light to return.

2. No coffee. I break out the Nespresso and half-and-half and make a cappuccino.

3. Day 5. I write that I am most proud of the fact that I’ve gotten back to this ritual.

4. Pale pink and tangerine sunrise behind the trees. I really need to call my parents. How do I get them here?

5. Their faces.

6. I tell him that it’s just that this is the first time I’ve had this sinking feeling in my stomach.

7. This means that I need to do the hard thing and the timing of everything is exactly what I need.

8. Gray.

9. New oven.

10. Probably shouldn’t look at something like this after a few glasses of wine.

11. To ice cream or not to ice cream?