Daily writing prompt
What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like?

Now that I think about it my morning rituals/routines aren’t really that different from my routine for the whole day. To be honest, I don’t really live life in the way a person who has a routine does. This is mainly because I’m up half the night either due to personal choice or stress. I watch movies and Wrestling ETC all hours of the night and then I have those nights when stress keeps me up for one reason or another. However, this results in my sleep schedule being severely limited and therefore I sleep a lot during the day. Therefore, my morning ritual/routine doesn’t really exist aside from minor things such as brushing my teeth and getting dressed, (although some days I like to stay in my pajamas if I don’t go out,) but the one constant every morning that extends throughout the whole day is calling mom literally the second I wake up and worrying about her each time she misses a call to a point where I forget she has her own life. Most of the time, I worry myself to the point of sickness as I anticipate a call back saying that she’s hurt or sick, ETC. A couple of years ago, she was in and out of the hospital following a cancer diagnosis. This has been taken care of since then but it has lead me to putting her needs over my own. At times, I get emotional during these moments when I cannot reach her and I suppose this is how I spend most of my mornings.

As for how mom reacts to the millions of calls she receives from me, well she says she wishes I wouldn’t but I know deep down, she appreciates it.

By Jefferson Bert

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