May 21, 2007: This is what you call great memories, baby.

Veronika is sitting at the kitchen table, eating her vanilla ice cream with melted chocolate and sprinkles.
"Mama?"
"Yes."
"I want to go to baka and deda's house. I want to go on a plane and then get into their car and have only one buckle and then I want to go to Bernhard Fibich and then to Clara and Andreas' house."
"You do?" (blinking with watering eyes)
Veronika tilts her head and looks into the distance - you can see the pictures in her head - then smiles and looks at me.
"Yeah. I wanna do that. I wanna do that again."