January 2025

 

 

I looked over at my mom in her lawn chair and her eyes were closed. I glanced at my dad in his chair. His eyes were closed, too, as he faced the sky, tears leaking from behind his eyelids. Music floated up the aisles across rows of seats from the stage below to where we were picnicking on manicured grass. The singer was Tony Bennett. He was performing at Ravinia, the outdoor music theatre in Highland Park, Illinois outside of Chicago.