Maddie

I cracked up today when there came a rapping at my computer lab window, and Maddie asked (facetiously), "Pops, will you go to the prom with me?" I quickly answered, "I thought you'd never ask!" Maddie has written this year about always being happy, about smiling always, and also about losing her dad in Iraq when she was six.

What can you say to that?

She says keep on smiling. Why not?

Maddie reminds me of why we're here, the kids and stories we need to hear.

I joked with Maddie and asked, "Do you have a limo coming for us?" She rolled her eyes, and said, "...duh." Then she said, "I will be carried in on the wings of doves...my feet will not touch the ground."

She was smiling, of course. Maddie is alright.