It’s Val. The way she lights up when she talks about things she likes. How she gestures wildly with her hands (which I find adorable even though I can’t stop thinking about the big mess I’ll have to clean up later). I love her expressive brown eyes and the flash of her smile as she talks. The giggles that punctuate her sentences. The way she’s so comfortable letting her emotions hang out while I keep a tight, tight lid on mine.

