Simple Actions Mean The Most

 “Dee, will you send me a picture of Annie?”

 

“Sure, sweetpea.”

 

“Thanks. I’m gonna go down to the dock and do a little watercoloring”

 

And so I sent Amelia the Niece a picture of Annie the Cat.

And so Amelia went to the dock and did a littler watercoloring.

And so she made an absolutely beautiful portrait-card of Annie for my dad’s 80^th birthday.

 

We will be putting it in a frame.

 

Amelia didn’t know what to get my dad for his birthday, but she wanted to give him something. And so, she used what she had—her talent for the visual arts—to make him a gift that he will cherish for a long time to come.

 

Sometimes it’s the simplest, most heartfelt, actions (and gifts) that mean the most.

 

Amelia, with her basic set of watercolors and her Dixon Ticonderoga Fat Pencil (the kind that little children use when learning to write), has reminded me of that much.

 

May she be a reminder for you, too.

 

Amen.