I wake up two minutes before my alarm goes off, and I lay in the darkness

In that time I wait. Just wait. Because in two minutes my alarm will go off.

Then it does. The song is Never Give Up by Beyond 5. I have it playing to remind me not to give up.

I can't give up even when that integral seems impossible to solve.

I can't give up even when the velocity of that car seems impossible to find.

I can't give up even when I have to figure out the second meaning in a piece of literature that seems to only have one meaning.

Then my dad comes in like he does every morning, and the cat is following close behind.

My dad turns off my alarm, sits with me for a minute, then tells me he made my breakfast and leaves.

Then it's my cats turn to jump on the bed.

She jumps up and curls into my stomach. We lie like this every morning for fifteen minutes. I think it's her favorite part of the day. I think it could be mine too.

After that I go downstairs and grab my cup of chocolate milk.

I sit on the couch with my dad while he drinks his cup of coffee.

We are silent, but words aren't needed.

I finish my drink and head back upstairs to finish getting ready.

Every morning my dad makes sure to tell me goodbye and that he loves me.

I am alone for fifteen minutes then. Except I'm not really alone.

My cat often follows me around in the morning, and I always check in on my little brother sleeping in the room next to mine.

Then my mom comes home from working out. We have about ten minutes to talk before I need to leave for school.

Every morning as I exit the front door my mom tells me that she loves me and gives me a hug.

Even when I end up having a rough day because I can't solve the integral or find the velocity or figure out the second meaning, I can't say all of it was bad because my morning is always amazing.

And I know when I go home that my family will be waiting to give me a hug and tell me they love me and make my day better.

So I guess I can never really have a bad day when I have such wonderful people around me.