There is a small scar from nothing — the fracture was closed and needed no surgery — and she has a mark on her knee from a scooter last summer that she is considerably more interested in.

The ribs healed before anybody ever saw them.

She is fine.

I want to say that plainly and early in this part, because people brace when I get to her and they do not need to.

She runs.

She talks constantly.

She has recently developed a theory that our dog is in charge of the house and she defends it at length.

She goes to a pre-kindergarten three mornings a week and she is, according to a woman named Mrs.