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Docia Shares a Story - How Many People Did You Smile at Today?

by Docia Zavitkovsky
May/June 2002
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My primary physician at Kaiser recently had a baby girl named Alexandria. She is now four months old. When I asked Dr. Velez what she loved about Alexandria, her face lit up and she said, "Her smile. I love it when she looks at me and smiles. She smiles, I smile, and everything seems right with the world."

Sometimes it is the spontaneous remark of a child that makes us smile. When John told his five-year-old son that he didn't have to make such faces and didn't need to say he didn't like the food, David said, "I didn't say I didn't like the food. I just said, 'Yuck'."

Sometimes it is like the picture of Miriam Mercado Mercado on the cover of the January/February issue of Child Care Information Exchange, and sometimes it is answers to a question such as the one posed by Dave La Rocque and friends, "What does love mean?"

Elaine, age 5 Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken.

Nikka, age 6 If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.

Terri, age 4 Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.

Karen, age 7 When you love somebody, your eyelashes go ...

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