Ten.One Thousand, Four Hundred & Fifty-One

1. These quiet gray skies.

2. Out of coffee.

3. I grab my copy off the shelf and head upstairs to wait for her call. I’m just excited to see her face.

4. The best way to start the day.

5. I walk back and forth with my hands in my pocket. Why is the first answer always “no”?

6. I tick off the rest of the to-do list before we have to leave—tiny, easy things.

7. He asks me if we can listen to the Supernatural podcast, and I am proud that I’m raising kids who also love UFOs, ghosts, and the unexplained.

8. She’s not wrong.

9. Another nailbiter. Another win. But really, it would be nice to win a game without having to ride the emotional rollercoaster.

10. So many lessons to be gleaned from this experience.