community

// sitting in the car, one cousin in the driver's seat, another in the back, all three of you holding styrofoam hot chocolates, maroon 5 playing on the radio, mountains in the window.

// high fives, fist bumps, and barely breathed out good jobs at crossfit.

// best friend hugs.

// sitting on the floor of B9, the whole ward laughing at a joke, smiles and friendly nudges, the bishop laughing with you, brother giles one of the kids even though he's in his 80s.

// family dinners at grandma's house

// sunday picnics in the park

// haunted houses for the first time, hugging and squeezing and screaming for longer than normally acceptable, sweaty palms, reaching for anything- a shoulder, an elbow, a hand, an arm- and then holding on for dear life. friendships form fast like that.

Sincerely, mad