A Kind Hearted Boy

It's been a long time since a little boy has drawn a picture for me. But, tonight one did.

At Young Traveler's tonight we put together snowglobes. For the inside, there was a choice of a walrus, a seal, a penguin or a snowman. The kids loved them. They got to fill the jar up with water, add a few drops of glycerin and a scoop of white, silver and blue glitter. We glued the lid on (painted a lovely metallic blue) and used blue duct tape for an extra tight seal. A blue piece of ribbon held a snowflake name tag in place.
It didn't take some of the kids long at all to finish the project, so we had rubber stamps of a penguin and snowflakes and they happily went to work creating their own version of the Antarctic.

When our time was up, Richard handed me his paper. He said "I made this for you". It was a picture of penguins swirling in a snow storm. One lone snowman stood among them, his scarf blowing in the wind.

I believe this was Richard's first week at Young Traveler's. If he came before, I don't remember him. He sat by me, and was very happy to get the last penguin for his snowglobe. He also asked me to tell him exactly what went into the snowglobe, as he wanted to tell his mom how to make them. She would be sure, he told me, to want to make them with the Girl Scouts.

Richard had an annoying little sister with him, but he was always kind and thoughtful to her (although he didn't give her the last penguin, just explained that the walrus was really great too).

Richard is going into the fifth grade. He is thin and blonde with brown eyes. He is well behaved and kind hearted.

Whenever I start to think that there is not much good in people, God passes a 'Richard' by me, and seems to say "There! Did you see my boy Richard? In him I am well please!"

I have to go get the picture and hang it on my fridge. I need to be reminded of what is good in this world. And why.