The Gift That Stuck Around

At the end of each class last semester, I gave a sticker to each child on their hand while I sang their personal "Goodbye" (this semster I have graduated to stamps). Well, a boy of 2 years whom I have known for a few semesters, came into my classroom for Our Time this morning with a big grin. His mom asked him to show me what he had for me. He gave me a sticker on my hand! His mom said he wanted to give me a dinosaur (imagine such a small one wanting to give me his favorite) but they did not have one. So, he gave me a very shiny blue lizard! I still have it on my hand as I did during the whole class. He paid special attention to my hand the whole hour and kept smiling when he saw that his gift to me was still there! And my heart smiles to have been the receipient of such generosity from a small friend!