- the moment when trevon’s dad and bonnie’s dad shared an embrace. charles was trying to read the toast he had written for his baby daughter. emotion got in the way.
- maverick wandering around the dance floor, carefully dodging flailing legs and arms, to catch bubbles in his little hands.
- the kiss trevon and bonnie shared (you know the one) because the whole world had held its breath beforehand
- jeanne and charles kissing under the bell i had smuggled out of the dining room in my pocket for such occasions
- meme swinging on the swing hanging from the giant living oak tree wrapped in lights, because childhood seeps well into your 80’s
- courtney’s speech for trevon, because though she hadn’t planned to speak, she said more than the rest of us polished, prepared speakers ever could
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