“I had a really good time. For the first time in a long time.” “That’s what it’s all about, girl,” he said, his face growing serious for a moment. “Enjoying life. People get so caught up in themselves and their dramas, or they get ensnared in their own sorrows and tragedies, they forget to appreciate the beauty around them.” “Or forget there even is beauty around them,” I said, remembering how gray the world had looked for the past few years. “I’m guilty of that myself.”
