Best friends mean more than anything. Dan is mine. Has been for pushing a decade now. We've had our ups and not many downs. Sometimes we don't have time to get together all of the time, but we do what we can. This is a photo taken at Cracker's the Sunday before Dan left for his trip around the world. Madeline will meet him across the pond in her favorite France where they will attend a wedding before heading south to Africa. We will miss him here, and it meant much to me when he called before leaving. It's 10:43pm and time for bed. I don't mind getting to sleep early and waking early. 5:01AM my alarm goes off every morning, and I roll sideways from the bed toward my left and amble in the dark to the bathroom where I prepare for each day, which are usually so different. So so different, like tomorrow.