It was windy and raining a snowy mix today. We’d just gotten back from Wegmans and my hands were full of groceries. Mr. Pokey Pants was taking forever to get from the car to the house, dragging his stuffed animals behind him. I called for him several times and finally yelled “Benjamin, now!” He looked up with a huge grin on his face and said “Yook (look) mommy a snail!” and pointed to the little shell. My heart melted, he was so excited. I set the groceries inside the door and we held the shell for a bit then put it back in the dirt. Ben said “bye bye snail” as we went back in the house. I’m not normally sappy, but I couldn’t help but thank God for the precious gifts of both pokey toddler and little snail in my flowers.