Hooray for Today

I snatched so many joys today. It  feels extremely vain to repeat it to yourself and write about it. It felt like stealing, because so many others are suffering. But in trying to balance it out, who am I really bragging to? I'm not talking to anyone. I want to repeat today, how my tears fell, how my ankles ached, how my blood boiled.

16 lessons, maybe another hour or two for for admin work and preparations. Bangus for lunch, 2 cups of hand-poured drip coffee, 2 quick car rides (to take and pick up I. from school), throwing the garbage, a 5-km run on the treadmill, engaging D. in conversation, listening to her review I. for exams, and admiring her for taking care of V. all day.

But above all the snatched joys, here are the best ones. You were wearing a dress printed with strawberries. I put on your hat, and we walked to the store to buy a pack of dishwashing liquid. Kuya and I read Dr. Seuss' ABC to you. You went hooray hooray.