A Small Act of Care: Making Eggs for Someone You Love

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An Egg for you
(image credit: Greig Roselli)

Today I made eggs for a friend, and something about it made me feel good. Not simply because I know how to boil an egg, but because I took my time with it. I put the eggs in the water and cooked them just enough so that the yolks stayed soft and tender, not chalky, and the whites were silky and smooth.

Then I sat there and peeled them—three eggs, one by one.

I gave one to my sister and the other two to my two children.

And somehow, that was enough. There was something comforting about making something simple and giving it away.

But I realized afterward that I hadn’t kept an egg for myself.

So next time I make eggs with you, I’ll make enough for both of us.

And we’ll sit down and eat them together.

Book Face: Pharaoh Amasis of Two Egypts Holding Court in Memphis on the Nile River

I’m a high school English and Ethics teacher. Sometimes I’m tired of being a grownup so I play with the book faces in my school’s modest library. Today, I’m covering an ancient pharaoh from ancient Egypt. Also, today is National Shelfie Day.

I'm Amasis, a pharaoh of Egypt.

Standing in the @gardenschoolnyc library serving up some Egyptian Pharaoh realness as Amasis, ruler of Two Egypts - where I’m holding court in Memphis on the River Nile. Who or what am I pointing to? The god Horus has sent me a sign - a golden slipper so bright that every maiden in Egypt must try it on. P.S. Thanks @joellegarcia__  for snapping the photo for this epic Book Face photo.

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