What was on the wall that day.
My sister came to my house with groceries and a casserole and didn't ask if I needed them.
Field of milkweed in late summer. The pods cracking open like good news.
I have a kitchen that gets sun in the afternoon. I drink my tea there.
My niece named her stuffed elephant after me.
Honeysuckle on the back fence. The whole yard smells like 1986.
Grateful for the people who keep the streetlights working. We are not afraid to walk home.
The lake is glass this morning. Whole sky doubled.
Grateful for the librarian who looked me in the eye when I was seven and said, you read like someone who pays attention.
My kids are kind to each other. Not always. But often. I'll take it.
Three deer crossed the road in front of me. The fawn stopped to look at me.
My mother's lap, age four, after a fall. She did not tell me to stop crying. She held me until I stopped.
The very first sip of cold beer on a hot day.