Ten.One Thousand, Five Hundred & Seventy-Five

1. A better night of sleep.

2. The colder it gets, the longer the walks to the bathroom.

3. We get the kids to school early enough to have some quiet before she comes. I tell him that I miss these kinds of mornings…the slow mornings.

4. Incense, coffee, soft light coming in through the windows.

5. But in no way will I allow them to take this away from me.

6. I grind the spices for the Cubeb Spiced Shortbread. I weigh the risk and rewards of truthtelling. There is just as much harm in silence.

7. We squeeze in a few minutes with the neighbors and drink a little bit of wine. It is getting dark and cold.

8. There are a lot of people here and it makes me a little uncomfortable.

9. I sometimes forget that I have no poker face.

10. Just when I was getting better.