Today was a day full of promise for so many local school kids I encountered today.  I watched the shiny young faces as they waited in anticipation.  Cheerleaders lined up in their rows, dancers waiting in the wings, musicians watching for their conductor and actors waiting for their cue. Then they put on their shows. All of them amazing.  The blood, sweat and tears having been ever so worth it.

There was one beautiful face missing, though her name was everywhere.  On bright blue t-shirts, a shiny new street sign, whispered in the wind and on everyone's hearts.