A pink lotus flower is painted along the bottom of the canvas, fading up into a fairy-tale scene: a little boy in overalls holding hands with a little girl with sunshine pigtails as they stand atop a grassy hill, watching fireworks light up the sky. Reds, blues, and violets are spattered across the top of the portrait, raining color and beauty down upon the storybook image. And sitting next to the little girl is an orange tabby, while a raccoon rests beside the boy. It’s us. Me, Sydney, Alexis, and Athena. We are watching the fireworks together.
