Whitefish River You are an eye-catcher, mom.

She quieted a little at least -- attention was a good pacifier, a reminder that she wasn't going to be forgotten, that things would be made better. And, with the world as simple as it was, that was all that was needed. Her cries turned back into little mumbling noises, then silenced entirely when picked up and moved.

Once set down again, she was quick to find a teat and try to forget all that had just happened.