This is about my daughter, Cami, then age 10. On Christmas Eve we went (just the two of us, I am a single parent) to Busch Gardens Williamsburg, which is a theme park in our hometown. We were standing on the bridge between "Italy" and "Germany" and saw a giant sign all lit up in Christmas lights that said, "Peace on Earth." I wanted to capture that moment in words, with her pointing across the water and us standing there in a moment of awe and appreciation. She was looking at the lights; I was looking at her.
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