Thank you, Boston Conservatory and Berkeley students

Adam, I hope you'll let me post a thank you to the students of the Boston Consevatory and of Berklee, who I'm assuming are jointly responsible for the chalk graffiti all over Boylston and Mass Ave, and to the Conservatory specifically for the quotations they posted all over their front windows. In a country I no longer feel I know, understand, or belong in, their messages of love, hope, and strength made me feel better and safer than I have felt in days. In my rush I wasn't able to take photos, but I would encourage everyone to go have a look. Hopefully it will lift others' weary spirits as it has mine.

People in my neighborhood (Fenway) talk a lot of ish about the local student population. I've done it too. But not anymore. Thank you all. I needed this more than I can tell you, and for the first time this week my tears were happy ones.

If any readers know (or are) students or staff at either school, please share this with them. They are a good and important part of our community.