Joy at 8:30 AM

This morning, Dutch and I were washing our hands in a public bathroom,* and I looked over at her to see her smiling to herself as she dried her hands with a paper towel. "What are you smiling about?" I asked her, and she said, still smiling, "I just... I... I'm just happy!"


* Dutch now goes into her own stall and manages her business by herself, one of many I'm-A-Big-Girl-Now changes she's instigated in the last few months.