Bhutan

“You know, there’s whole countries made up of mountains. Just mountains. The people up there all live in houses on stilts, almost as if they’re competin’ with the mountains themselves. And they all travel ‘round on donkeys and the children all wear bells on their feet. You never forget the sound of those bells, like they’re the sound we’d make for little ones playin’ if the gods had never given them laughter. And in the rain, all the goats and donkeys keep on like they always were but the air begins to sing, you know? It’s almost as if the rivers and mountains have been anticipatin’ this moment and the steam from the earth mixes with the smoke from the huts and the haze turns the world into a whole different place.”

Anais thought about all the places she’d never been and wondered if in all her life she’d find a place to fall in love with so completely as Henry had.