I wish I could share this magnificent morning with you. It is still pitch black outside but the moon is full and bright white and shining down on my backyard through the winter trees -- and all of it is outside my wall of windows here in my office at the back of the house.

I don't have long before I have to go put the coffee on and wake Jay in time for our French lesson.

I had such an epiphany this morning. I woke at 5 AM with so much hope and enthusiasm and joy. (And singing the song "Nothing" in my head -- it's from A Chorus Line, another one of my all-time favorite musicals. It's a great and empowering song. Especially if you are pursing or have pursued a life in the arts, as I have.)

I realized -- FINALLY -- that the last 10 years have been kind of phenomenal for me. They were jam-packed full of an unbelievable string of low points but some incredibly beautiful things came up from the ashes.

I'll write more after French class... a bientot, amigos.