15 minutes

OK. Here goes.  15 minutes of what's in my head right now.  It's the holiday season.  It's not my best of times.  One of my friends emailed me recently, replying to my holiday wishes.  She said that her day was chaotic with her 5 and 7 year old and it made me smile.  I remember those chaotic Christmas mornings.  I remember lying in bed and listening to the kids awake....and going down the stairs.....and coming back upstairs.....and chattering in their beds.....and me and Nancy wearily awake also.....wishing to sleep another hour or so....and knowing that it was impossible.....and how that was OK.

It's not like that anymore.

That's hardly 15 minutes.  But that's all I got.