A Pattern of Words

In the past six months or so, N’s favorite thing to do has been to perform for others – usually a combination of dancing and acrobatic feats. She usually has roughly forty-eight seconds of solo attention before her siblings discover the exhibition and crash it. This photo came ten seconds before ghost-clad (A) and shark-clad (P) bodies (there was an old Halloween costume interest that morning) zoomed onto the stage and the performance ended in tears.