We came home from the ACT test in Kankakee, changed into our fancy clothes, gathered a bouquet from the garden (lilies, Russian sage, and achillea), wrote a congratulatory card, and headed off for the Arangetram (bharata natyam graduation two-hour dance performance) of one of Kavi’s best friends from elementary school, Ishani.
I’m no expert in bharata natyam (I think I made it through maybe a year of Saturday classes when I was 13), but at least to my eye, Ishani did a terrific job — very expressive and graceful, a pleasure to watch.
can still picture them as little kids, running around the playground. They’re almost adults now. I can’t even.
