The weekend was a good one in many, many ways, but the suffusing sensation was of familial well-being. This feeling reached its most intense phase after dinner on Sunday night, when Julia insisted that all four of us "make a circle in the kitchen." She literally herded me (with Genevieve in my arms) to the right spot. After Shannon was exhorted to pause her dishwashing, Julia surprised us by leading a skip-in-a-circle, sing-at-the-top-of-your-lungs version of "Elmo's Song" - "We love the music/We love the words/That's Elmo's song!" (Repeat.)
The song leaves me wanting, but the moment couldn't have been better.