by Rachel Turney 

Little boxes 

Faces

Names

Backgrounds revealing just a tiny sliver of a life lived wholly separate 

A crying baby

An interrupting child

A spouse asking a question

A knock at the door

A kettle singing

Can you hear me?

Can you see me? 

You’re muted

Good, let’s get started!

Welcome to class today we will…

Connect

Laugh

Talk

Listen 

Learn

Become frustrated

Find that we are much the same

Find that we are totally different

Little boxes

Faces

Names