The Beta's Blind Date
—I walk to the spot where the chrysanthemums bloom, bright and eye-catching—“these are the mums Mommy and Daddy planted for your Grandpa Terrence and Grandma Lauryn. And eventually there will be a lemon tree, but it’s too small to grow any fruit still.”
She stares up at me, her gray eyes never once leaving my face to look at the garden. But she smiles and kicks her legs, and that’s good enough for me.
“I know it’s so exciting! We’ll be able to make fresh squeezed lemonade, and lemon meringue pie, and lemon cookies!”