This morning we picked up Danny for church. He had texted me the day before to tell me that he had something special for me. When we pulled into his driveway he was sitting in his chair as usual, but this time he was holding a store bought bouquet of flowers. I stepped out of the passenger seat and he handed the flowers to me. He said they were because he could see I hadn’t been happy lately and he wanted me to be happier. I gave him a hug and climbed into the middle van seat.

I held the flowers in my lap all the way to the church. They did make me happier. Later when we dropped him off I thanked him again for the flowers and asked him what made him think of me. He tried to explain it in the best way he knew how and said it’s because he sees things and that he had a feeling. His mom changed the battery in the garage door opening system and ever since then he’s been able to get back into his house just fine. I cut the stems and put the flowers in a mason jar.

Later in the afternoon I went down to the lake. There were several Mennonite boys playing and fishing on one of the docks. Eventually all of them left except for one. I was there to read and get some sun but did not feel threatened or bothered by his presence. He came over to the dock where I was reading and cast his line several times before I looked up at some point and realized he was gone. I’d thought about telling him to try moving closer to the shade but I didn’t want to disturb him.