context

It's so important. 

From the other room, I hear one of my spawn murmur, "oh my god."

Top Management looks up, concerned. "Is everything okay?" 

"Everything's fine," I reassure her, recognizing that precise tone of voice, one the people in the family only ever—but also always—use whenever take their first bite of one of her special dishes, in this case, her fried potatoes.  

Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@maxim_tajer?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Maxim Tajer</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/burning-wood-x3S1aGQNgro?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a> and not actually an example of Top Management's culinary artistry