Our friend Ian has been in prison for over ten years already. He has served 2/5 of his prison sentence. Ten years ago, I was only 31 and my veggie tattoo was practically brand new.

Most days of the week, between 11 and 11:30, you will find me sitting at our kitchen table eating a veggie omelet and drinking coffee. I make the omelet with green pepper, mushrooms, spinach, and rosemary roasted sweet potatoes, plus lots of Happy Cow butter. I drink the coffee from an old Tandem mug. I am hungry and happy to eat.

It’s a new year and I have a few new things to talk about. Here are five of them for today:

It was one of the most difficult Thursday mornings of my life. I was supposed to be eating an Apple Pecan Waffle at Tandem with my friend Kara. Instead, I was in our bedroom having an intense conversation with TJ about whether we should go get our family tested for Covid.

The phrase, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead” came to my mind a couple days ago, so I went looking for the verse in the Bible. I am not sure what it means for my life just yet, but I know I needed to hear it.