I am not the kind of person who normally photographs her food.

Then again…..I am not the kind of person who usually has success in the kitchen.

I have been working on perfecting my sunny side up eggs. A delicate balance between too runny and rubber. Today was one of those rare days when it looked like I got it right.

So I snapped a picture.

Right before I started walking to the table and they slid off of the plate and onto the floor.

Perhaps the Universe was reminding me to walk more slowly; to take measured steps, to watch where I am going, to map my route with more care even if it is just from counter to table.

Perhaps the Universe was reminding me not to get too full of myself; that things can be taken away, that luck and circumstance can change without warning, that physics and gravity still work.

Or perhaps, I thought, as I watched small eyes light up, dogs beside themselves running into the fray, eager to clean up the mess; perhaps this moment isn’t meant for me, perhaps this moment is simply a reward for them.