Today, it happened again.
I had my work schedule planned:
Answer emails, edit a resume, and write next’s week Monday blog—
All of this before my early-afternoon online meeting.
But, a friend asks, “May I interrupt you?”
And I reply, “Please do.”

Do I mean it?
Of course, I do.
In my thinking,
People come before tasks, before things.
My deadlines are self-made on my to-do list,
But right now, I am missing the satisfaction of checking boxes.

I am an hour behind where I thought I would be!
Do I regret it?
Just for a moment as I prioritize and reorder.
But a friend wanted to connect and share with me!
And I was there.
My furrowed brow morphs into a smile.