My last post was about how God made children have such good moments that they are the reasons we, as a species, are still going. My child, who is 4, has had about 2 days of sweetness.

First, you need to know that my mom keeps the scorebook for the girls basketball team and has done this since I was in school. With this, we have become fairly active members of the crew, Zackary included. Well, Tuesday night, the girls were playing and it was a physically rough game. One girl actually had to be taken to the ER for precautionary measures after colliding head first with another player. One thing about Zackary is that he could think the world of you and you never know it. Well, he has come to like the girl that got hurt very much and wanted to get her something to make her feel better.

The night the injury happened, we got home and there was a large package on our front porch (Christmas present) and I had to tell him we could not open it because it isn’t for us. He asked if it was for the hurt friend. I told him no, but we can get something. When I asked what he wanted to get her…”MEDICINE!”

Yesterday, after picking him up from school he was still talking about getting the girl something to make her feel better. So, today, I have a small gift bag with 3 things he picked out at the store: candy cane tube of Hershey’s Kisses, a big sucker, and a small bottle of extra strength pain reliever. I also added a small jar candle too.

There is a 4th thing in the bag as well. Today my son’s class is having a Christmas party and we took homemade cookies for it. Before we left the house he even picked out a cookie to put in the gift bag all on his own accord.

It’s moments like these when you have a Grinch moment and your heart actually grows.