Within half an hour of waking up the girls started stirring. I went in and hung out with them. I was ever so politely asked, “Mommy will you please fetch me a handkerchief? I can’t breathe.” My baby cuddled up and breathed her disgusting first-thing-in-the-morning breath right in my nose and said, “Me love you more than ice cream.”

Then they both cuddled me. By “cuddle” I mean shoved every part of their body as far into my body as they could get traction. They smile at me.

Today I feel lucky to be alive. If I had died before I would never have found out what this feels like. I am so grateful that I get to have this life.

And three of my tomato starts have green things coming up and the rainbow chard so far. I have more than twenty other seeds that could germinate in the next 10-ish days. We’ll see how it goes.