Recipe for a Monday That Won't Stay Still Ingredients: 1 alarm, set too early, ringing into a body still warm from sleep 14,854 steps (measured, though no one asked) A handful of strategies, lightly crushed One child's voice saying goodnight, said twice because the first time you weren't listening Clouds, to taste Method: Wake before the day has decided what it wants to be. Move through rooms that expect things of you. Count nothing. Count everything. Smudge the boundary between professional and prayer. When evening comes, kneel at the smallest bed in the house and say the words back. Let cool overnight. Serves no one and everyone.