Yesterday they took the girls out to do bubbles in one of those little sections of Riverside Park along Riverside Drive. They were having so much fun, Rach said, and lots of single adults stopped to just watch them—you could feel how starved they were for connection or joy, or anything, she said. She sent us a picture and it was true, five or six very different people staring at the two children with naked avidity for their effortless joy.

