I woke up early despite having slept for only 4 hours from the previous night’s new year revelry. Then again, sleep has never been my ally. So this first morning of 2010 has nothing new to offer…or so I thought.

I swept the floor of the house from the second floor down. Then I swept the garage and the front patio. Next chore was to water Nanay’s plants. I liked the idea of starting the year responsibly. As I was watering the plants, I saw this:

Thanks to this caterpillar, a warm feeling swept over me. Somehow, I felt like this year will be much better and kinder to me. I don’t know why, but I do hope so.