He was entranced and promptly proclaimed “I want to play on that stage!” after Ricky Skaggs’ last song of the night. When a neighboring concert goer said “it’s neat that you brought your boy here,” I smiled and replied, “he brought us.”

Beauty is complex. Something that emanates from the mind. The heart. But, beauty is also brown and black.

I gave myself some time before I sat down to edit. Eventually I began to smile at Mia’s smiles. I remember when she was just a tiny little middle schooler. Is she really about to graduate from high school?