1. Em’s texts me about the great feedback she got for the presentation of a book in her Slovenian class.
2. Jay is among the contestants and chooses the number of the question with a clear confident voice.
3. Before getting ready for bedtime I open the window in Jay's room and lean out. There is all this green behind our house, chirping of the crickets, a smell of Spring in full bloom coming in. I stand there, breathing in deeply. Grateful.