Ten.One Thousand, Three Hundred & Forty-Three

1. Listening to my body and staying in bed just a little longer.

2. I can’t wait until pants are not required.

3. Sunlight breaking through the fog. Treetops turning green-gold. The sound of the water below.

4. I think he is excited. And that makes me excited. This could really work. Right?

5. Nibbling on cold bacon in the kitchen. Drinking the decaf dregs.

6. Sun out. Snow up on Mount Saint Helena. Nectarine trees in bloom.

7. They share some wisdom: get a POA for your parents, take care of yourself now so you can take care of yourself later, don’t go to more than two wineries in a day.

8. Dried wildflowers in the corner of the window.

9. In the pockets, I find old hot hands packets, his father’s rosary, and a twenty dollar bill.

10. When the virtual and the real collide.