I was standing outside a CVS in South Beach waiting on my cousin when I heard the most beautiful whistling.

I turned and said, “You don’t hear that anymore.”

We started talking—one of those conversations that just opens.
She told me she used to sing for some of the greats.

I said, “You should come to dinner. One of my best friends used to sing too. You’d love each other.”

She paused, smiled, and said,
“I feel like I just walked into a rainbow.”

I said, “You did. We’re both rainbows.”

Ms. J has a voice that stays with you.
But it’s her spirit that makes you feel at home.

She’s family now.