My friend Betsy and I spent the evening babysitting the nieces.  After we got the girls dressed for bed, I told them they could watch one video.  The both immediately chose “The Kate Video.”  Betsy was astounded that out of all the hundreds of kid show options they had before them, they chose to watch a Year In Review home video compilation that their dad, Matt, put together for them last month.  My heart warmed as I watched Abbie, thrilled to be sitting in the lap of her new-found friend, excitedly turn around and make sure that Betsy was soaking in all the happiness of the video, checking that Betsy was catching every one of Kate’s happy giggles.

These girls are like magical happy pills.  Needless to say, I’m feeling much better today.