Today, my one goal is simple: to count to ten.

I need to count every time a child talks back, or pounces on a sibling, or grabs a dog’s tail and yanks.

I need to count when another driver cuts me off, or a box of cereal gets spilled on the floor, or when confronted with an obstacle that I’m not expecting after I’m already exhausted from climbing hurdles all day.

While counting, I will breathe. In. Out.

To make all this easier, in my head at least, I shall count like The Count..