Both lessons were difficult.

Both mattered.

PART 21
The School Play

In October Sophie brought home a notice about the school’s fall performance.

She had been cast as a little tree in a play about changing seasons.

Her costume required a brown shirt, green paper leaves and an adult willing to help cut them out.

Hannah covered the kitchen table with construction paper.

Nathaniel joined them on a Saturday afternoon, wielding safety scissors with the same concentration he used to review architectural plans.