Ten.One Thousand, Eight Hundred & Sixty-Two

1. I feel like I’m forgetting something.

2. He tells me he needs another three dollars. I run back down the hill and into town. A few moments alone are not a bad thing.

3. I feel like laying on the floor.

4. Crossed wires.

5. I take a moment at the bottom of the stairs and feel the air on my skin. It is the perfect temperature. The perfect amount of sunshine. The perfect amount of shade. For this moment, a little bit of gratitude.

6. He asks me what it means to be in the sweepstakes. I tell him I have no idea, but that she wants to make sure we have at least 50 cases for sale.

7. The strangest conversation.

8. He asks me what I thought about last night’s diversity event. I tell him it was a little too basic for some of us, but the first step in having these conversations which is important. The parents just need a place to feel heard and to have honest conversations.

9. I sit on the sidewalk and eat my greek salad and bacon turkey bravo and feel like I am in high school again. It tastes exactly the same and there is some comfort in that.

10. The first time I’ve listened to a presentation in Spanish and had it translated to English.

11. It is the desired outcome and yet I’m still upset about it.