Ankissipation

I am the first one up in the morning here at the Hegman household.  Desiree typically sleeps in for an hour or two.  If I need to wake her for any reason, I sneak into the bedroom and do so with a gentle hug and a kiss on the cheek or forehead.  Just thinking about waking Desiree with a kiss is pleasurable.  I have even come up with a word for it: “ankissipation.”  It’s first cousin to “anticipation” but has a kiss added for a gratifying twist.

—Mitchell Hegman