Small but Significant Accomplishments

Some wise people have told me that these are the keys to happiness. This morning I ran my usual 2 year-old nursery at church. I really felt like I was doing a good job after Charlie, who was new to the nursery this morning, first stopped crying after I held him and sang the ABC song for a while, THEN stayed calm when he saw his mom in the nursery next door, sitting there with her older son (Charlie was sitting on my lap coloring, and I told him, "You'll see your mommy soon."). Finally, after the mom-sighting, he decided he could leave my lap, went to the other side of the nursery, and embarked on an intricate game of cars with Henry, a nursery veteran. Success! When they leave you without fuss, you've done your job. Lola was also doing well today: she was much less demanding of me, and acted like she was "one of the gang." It's nice to post about achievements like this one, so that I can revisit them if I'm feeling particularly unsuccessful in more "serious" endeavors.--K