Good Morning?

I remember it every time I smell laundry detergent: a little sign that said, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” It hung in our utility room, in my first childhood home. As a young kid, I was almost hypnotized by it—I couldn’t exactly explain its meaning, but I loved the phrasing of it. “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” It didn’t rhyme but it was certainly rhythmic, so it felt like poetry. […]