A 6 Year Old's Magic

Let's focus, Gramma.

She's serious; we haven't placed a piece in our jigsaw puzzle in an alarming number of seconds.   She takes her finger and thumb into a prayerful circle beside her closed eyes, breathes deeply as she 

lifts her eyebrows to the sky, and allows just the touch of a smile to reach the edges of her perfect little mouth.

If those eyes open and I'm not assuming the same position she will wonder why, so I follow her lead and find that I'm centered, and smiling, and so is she.

We didn't improve our piece/time ratio, but it did wonders for our attitude.

Good job, Grams!  That was a hard one!  Way to go!!!

The kid's life is filled with affirmations, coming in and going out.  She's the embodiment of one of Deepak Chopra's meditation mantras: Today, and every day, I give that which I want to receive.  

She's delighted that I am delighted to be complimented.  She shares my joy, which compounds as I look at her face on the screen, beaming love back and forth, across the ether, our hands doing sharks in the air as the next puzzle zooms my way.

It's a special kind of magic that 6 year olds possess.  I'm lucky to have my very own purveyor, just a few taps away.