[lit-ideas] small things

I'm going to tell you why I love life so much.

I was baby-sitting my 30 month old granddaughter Niamh tonight.  She's going 
through an eczema stage that keeps her awake much longer at bed time than 
usual.  So I was having to lay much longer than usual in bed with her rubbing 
her legs until I thought she was alseep.  But three times I had to come back 
and soothe her itching again.  Evidently I just didn't know the trick.  Her mom 
and dad returned home and Niamh told me, "You have to leave now, Adam needs 
you."  Adam is my 32 year old son.  Niamh is not even 3 yet, but those were her 
exact words, I swear.  She must have been trying to protect my feelings, dear, 
dear child.  I haven't stopped laughing.

Isn't it astonishing how horrendously cruel and evil human creatures can be, 
but also how inexpressibly wondrous!  God, I love us.

Mike Geary
Memphis
now baby-sitting Adam

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