Yolanda.

April 20, Clinton.

Yolanda Luna turned thirteen a few days ago and had a birthday party under the big top today. She's Manuel Luna's daughter from a previous relationship; her mother, Marixa, who is Romani and part of a Peruvian circus family, is a childhood friend of Fridman's.
I remember Yolanda from the first year I went to visit Fridman on the road with the Carson and Barnes Circus. Manuel and Marixa were performers at the circus as well and Yolanda worked in the show the way children of performers often do.
I remember a little girl perched on a pony, looking like a porcelain doll in her frilly costume. I remember a little girl holding on to the reins with a fierce determination in her eyes as elephants, camels, horses and a slew of performers swirled around.
That was seven years ago.
Blow, blow your candles.
Her cake was decorated with Hannah Montana.