I had been tasked to bring something beautiful to a work meeting, so I cupped the glass terrarium in the middle console of my car, When a backpack fell the teardrop shattered - rupture in the employee garage. I had a succulent hanging from my office cabinet: nestled in a mound of fake snow, illuminated by fairy lights, dangling in a glass teardrop-shaped terrarium, swinging by jute twine. He has Trisomy 21 and Alzheimer's disease, his gift his friendly smile.