The region was grinning from ear to ear most of this past weekend. Positively giddy. Not just because the Ms were making a thrilling run for the playoffs, and not because the Seahawks and Sounders added to their win columns.

Over a few quick days, we celebrated milestones that were decades in the making. Confetti and lasers, poetry, live music, dancing and food trucks, and linked arms crossing a bridge to opportunity that works to balance past wrongs.

Please take time to see the joy in these moments, and remember we did this thing together, and we are stronger as a region for it.

Thanks for joining us on this ride!

A marching band leads in riders for a preview ride at the Sound Transit Northgate Link light-rail station ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 1, 2021 in Seattle.
Regional leaders from King County and the City of Seattle cut the ribbon at the Sound Transit Northgate Link light-rail station ceremony on Oct. 1, 2021 in Seattle.
King County Metro General Manager Terry White rides the light rail during the Sound Transit Northgate Link light-rail station ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 1, 2021 in Seattle.
The new U District station is seen during the Sound Transit Northgate Link light-rail station ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 1, 2021 in Seattle.
Riders arrive at the new U District station at the Sound Transit Northgate Link light-rail station ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 1, 2021 in Seattle.
King County Metro General Manager Terry White (right) speaks with light rail riders at the Sound Transit Northgate Link light-rail station ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 1, 2021 in Seattle.
King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci waves to King County Metro General Manager Terry White (right) while riding the light rail at the Sound Transit Northgate Link light-rail station ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 1, 2021 in Seattle.
A sound light-rail train leaves the Northgate station as a King County Metro bus passes underneath on Oct. 2, 2021 in Seattle.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (center), alongside community leaders, advocates, and organization leaders, cut the ribbon at the John Lewis Memorial Bridge ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 2, 2021 in Seattle.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan locks arms with former King County Council member and activist Larry Gossett (center) along with advocates, community leaders, and more and walk across the newly opened John Lewis Memorial Bridge after its ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 2, 2021 in Seattle.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (center), alongside community leaders, advocates, and organization leaders, cut the ribbon at the John Lewis Memorial Bridge ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 2, 2021 in Seattle.
Vehicles pass beneath the John Lewis Memorial Bridge along I-5 on Oct. 2, 2021 in Seattle.