Question #1

This was from Mary Ann.  Her comments made me smile, too.

"What has made you smile lately?"

I'm not a big "children" person, meaning I like kids and love to talk and play with them - for a while - but I'm not the woman who's always saying "he/she's soooooo cute".  To me kids are kids, and they're all beautiful. A lot of the work I do is for children, but I don't have any of my own and probably never will.  I wasn't dealt that hand of cards.

So, there was a little guy who absolutely melted me yesterday.  He is in our pediatric ward, came in with something like diarrhea and fever.  Anyway, when I met him he was pretty well recovered, standing on the bed with his sturdy, chubby two year old legs, looking like a four year old Budha.  Big boy.  Big personality.  Not shy.  He saw me and started laughing and giggling, and it was an infectious laugh that got everyone in the ward going. I went to the other beds to see the other children, and as I was leaving he had a crowd around his bed and was still laughing, eyes sparkling.  I left the room smiling and with a light heart.

Thanks for asking.  This made me smile all over again.