Cable: 42, Level: 66, Light: 3970
For our baby girl Mila on your 3rd birthday.
I still remember watching the Bay Lights light up for the first time from our first apartment in San Francisco. It was just months before you yourself twinkled into being.
They were (and are) gorgeous. We could stand out on our deck to see them. There was also a beautiful unobstructed view from our top floor windows. We could also lean out over the low wall at the end of our dead-end street to see them. Every night as I arrived back home, I’d stop to look at the Bay Bridge shining over the water before going inside. Sometimes the lights thrummed from one end of the bridge to the other like the strings on a harp; sometimes they rippled like fish just under the surface of the Pacific; sometimes they raced back and forth; sometimes they just twinkled; and sometimes, in their first error-prone weeks, they got stuck. But it was always beautiful to watch. It’s one of my fondest memories of San Francisco. Although we are no longer there, my memories of you always will be.
We’ve dedicated a light to you to celebrate your birthday, to support public arts in your city, and just as one more way that you will keep shining forever.
Love,
Mama & Dada
