SMILING WHILE SLEEPING

I couldn't sleep. I went to bed at 1:30am. Tossed & turned around 3:15. And then woke up at 6:43 - even though I was comfortable, even though it was overcast, even though my alarm wouldn't go off for another forty-seven minutes. It was like a childhood Christmas eve - smiling while drifting in & out of sleep, hoping for the gifts to come, straining with patience, waiting for the possibilities ahead.