This is really cool. I am definitely following! This may seem odd but it reminds me of a pop song from a few years ago. I always found this line pretty poignant: "Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars? I could really use a wish right now." It always made think about the residents of the children's home where I worked. Those kids had lived in bad city neighborhoods all their lives. Most never really saw a starry sky.
RE: "What happened to the stars?"