What was on the wall that day.
Smelling rosemary as I brush past the plant.
The neighbor lets me park in her driveway in the snow. She just keeps doing it.
Cold water from the kitchen tap.
The checkout clerk noticed I was crying and gave me extra time without saying a word.
My sister came to my house with groceries and a casserole and didn't ask if I needed them.
I have a dentist who is gentle. The whole appointment I am grateful.
A barista wrote you've got this on my cup. I'd been crying that morning. She couldn't have known.
Heron took a fish at the riverbend. Quick and clean.
My niece wrote me a letter in big crayon letters. I have it on the fridge.
The smell of my grandmother's potato salad. She would not give the recipe. I'm still trying.
The exact sound of my mother's footsteps in the hallway when I was home sick.
My mother's lap, age four, after a fall. She did not tell me to stop crying. She held me until I stopped.