A tiny mystical serendipity occurred 9 years ago, when I was waiting tables.
It has stayed with me, because it simply made my heart SING.
A little girl approached me with these two drawings and said, "I made these for you."
When I looked at them, I was stunned.
In the first drawing, she had drawn two apple trees and had written the word: NATURE between them.
I almost FAINTED.
In my solo show, I talked about nature and nurture and likened being "found" by my birth mother by saying, "For ALL of my adopted childhood, I had always resented the adage: The apple doesn't fall very far from the tree. But for the first time...I was the apple. And I had finally found my tree. Well...the tree found ME."
In the second drawing, she wrote a tiny message: HAPPINESS IS KEY.
I was simply STUNNED by the utter grace of it.
Still am.
And I hope that little girl is safe and well.
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