Sunday, January 11, 2026, 31.*F, 95% RH, 0830
Evergreens hold close their coats of ice while Mariah whispers to remove them. The three walk carefully through their morning duties. Zayne recalls hind feet moving sitting him on his hip unexpectedly as he turned too quickly to come inside yesterday.
I recall an icy Sunday in Georgia. Driveway a hill, not sure why the car was at the bottom. The three of us, me, brother and sister, were doing okay walking on ice in Sunday leather-soled shoes...suddenly I was on my back sliding coming to a stop under the car. I don’t remember what happened next or if we went to church.
I keep telling myself “I can do this.”
Photo: LJ Austin
