Last night we had some people over to our house.  One of them was an 78 year old man who just lost his wife two months ago.  They were married for 58 years!  That’s almost twice my lifetime!  I felt really sad for him to be alone now but I also thought what a blessing to have spent a lifetime his spouse. 

These days, Layli is a little weary of strangers.  She needs to thoroughly check you out before she’ll let you hold her and even then she may still cry in your face if you pick her up.  This man took a great interest in her from the minute he saw her and I just knew that he wanted to hold her.  But I was so worried because I didn’t want her to reject him after all he had been through.  There were five other “strangers” there but she was most interested in him.  After a while he picked her up and I held my breath and faked a smile…she just looked at him as if to say, “Finally I can take a look at you up close” and then she was totally content in his arms.  I was elated, beaming with pride that my daughter chose to bring happiness to this man who was in much need of it!  It almost makes the other times that she’s wailed in peoples faces acceptable.  I like to think that she’s highly intuitive and knows who truly needs her affection.