Today Anne Marie has a couple of visits for work, including one at 9:00 AM, which means I’ll be watching Cooper while she’s gone. I also need to clean the house a little before my parents arrive for a visit. And at some point I need to do some research and writing on the chapter. It is going to be a day where a lot will happen, but I don’t know how or when it is all going to get done.

What I do know, though, is that I am starting the day slowly with a cup of coffee and a bowl of oatmeal. Coffee and oatmeal ask nothing of me, and expect nothing from me.