There is something about the lilt in your writing voice when you start to reminisce that feels so much like lil you is telling the story. Not only that, it put me right back to lil me, being on the family road trips, leading me to believe that we surely passed each other from the backseats of our parents’ cars on the way to Buffalo. She’s waving to her with a cool rainbow cast👋 and now I get to wave to you, through the phone, in celebration of how solid the past has found its place with you, not ever slowing you down.

p.s. - thanks for always taking me with you💜