A quiet spin with the family

The living room was quiet for a change. I just needed a little nudge, something to shift the air in the room. So I pulled up the quote wheel on my phone and set it on the coffee table.

Waiting for the click

The wheel started with a soft whir. My daughter leaned in, her chin on her hands. We all just watched the colors blur together.There’s something about that moment of anticipation. It’s not about winning anything. It’s just the calm before the message lands.

The quote that landed

It stopped on ‘The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the colour that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again.’ We all read it in silence for a second.My son, who’d been grumpy about homework, just nodded slowly. It didn’t solve anything, not really. But it changed the feeling in the room.It was just a few words from a stranger. But for a minute, we all saw the same sky.

A different kind of conversation

We didn’t talk about the quote itself. We talked about the last amazing sunset we’d seen, out by the lake. The grumpiness was gone, replaced by a shared memory.

Leaving it on the screen

I left the phone on the table, the quote still up. It sat there while we made dinner. Every so often, someone would glance at it, a little reminder of that quiet moment we’d shared.