Prepared In Every Way

Just wanted to tell you about my twin granddaughters, Addison and Alexi.  They are 2 1/2 and full of life.  They love to ask, “Are you happy?”  If you say no, they put their hands up to their little faces and say in mock astonishment, “OH NO!” and then proceed to try to make you happy.  They have a happy dance which is nothing more than joining hands and going around in circles saying “happy, happy, happy.”   The idea is that this dance will charge up enough energy for everyone in the room to be happy.

Today my son brought them by for awhile, and Alexi asked, “Grandma, are you happy?”  I said, “Yes, I am!”   She went around the room asking everyone.  Finally, she asked her sister, Addison, who rarely agrees that she’s happy.  I think Addi  just likes to be different.    Today Addi repeatedly told us no, she was not happy, but after awhile, when we quit paying attention to her, she blurted out, with a big smile, “I’m HAPPY.”

At that, everyone clapped and told her how happy they were that SHE was happy.

Wouldn’t it be nice if grownups made such an effort to make everyone else happy?

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