Foreigner

I was reading Miss Rumphius to the girls at bedtime tonight. Maybe you know her as the Lupine Lady. Well, Carrie and the preschoolers planted some watermelon and lupines indoors the other day and we've been seeing every day how much they've sprouted.

Anyway, when the Lupine Lady was a wee one, her grandfather told her to set a goal of doing something to make the world more beautiful. I read that aloud, and thought, what have I done or what could I do to make the world thus? A nanosecond later I thought "My kids make the world more beautiful."

I pondered telling Maggie and Darcy this right then, but decided that even they would think it was too sweet. So I'm telling you.