Our Christmas tradition – amongst other [family] rituals – includes two pans of monkey bread. One has pecans and the other does not.

I just took out the remainder to compost. There was just about enough for one person’s serving.

Compounding this revelation in that Gabriel loved to make the bread for everyone, so I suppose it is a bit fitting that his was left until now.

2019 – Easily the worst year of my life and that is saying something as I’ve had some pretty hard times in life. But just as I said to myself on Christmas Day, I don’t want to let one rather large thing, tint the whole day with ingratitude. My other kids are in good shape, all things considered.