Smootches

Poignant

I write on a white board every day the day of week , the date, the temperature outside and schedule for the day.

Some days when we have a lot of running around to do, I will write something like "home for 45 minutes at lunchtime.

Will run over and smootch you then."

Yesterday when I came home at 11 and ran over to see her, she opened the back door and said "are you here for a smootch?"

I said "yes!" Grabbed her up and hugged her and smootched her cheek, and she giggled like a toddler. She said "I knew you were going to smootch me, it says so on my board."