I let it be enough.

At home, Charlotte and Evelyn helped carry things inside before leaving.

Stella checked that the leftover food had gone into the refrigerator.

Violet asked whether we had all the photographs and whether anyone had remembered the little item Chloe had asked us to keep.

I could have turned the next half hour into instructions, arranging every person and bag so nothing escaped my attention.

Instead, I asked what they had already done.