May 7

We're nearing the end of the high school baseball season. In fact, I picked Isaac up from school after his AP Comp Sci test this afternoon and hightailed it over to our cross-town rival's diamond for his penultimate JV game.

He legged out an infield single for the first time in... well, maybe ever, but the game was otherwise a rather forgettable one for the Dons. So I'll just forget those details and look forward to Friday.

But I will always remember how it felt to drive him there and back. He was chipper, happy, optimistic. And when he's in a good mood like that, the smiles come easily and he chatters about this and that with a beautiful freedom.

So for the easy grins and the light in his eyes that I can see so clearly in this image, I am grateful.