I’ve really been struggling and this was such a beautiful, joyful, needed book for me. Will be reading it over and over again. Love every single illustration! And also loved the bit about fireflies! I didn’t grow up in an area with them so the first time I saw fireflies was in 2022 when I was in Detroit for the last allied media conference and it was sooo beautiful and joyful and wonderful! Loved it :) and remembering that experience through this book — and so much more, was just really special. I was so good about reading last year and the start of this year and I wasn’t able to this year — for many reasons. But this makes me want to try again & makes me less sad about what I feel like or thought I had “lost” — and that is sacred and beautiful.