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January 12, 2006

drop of sunshine

"Seeno seena see see see" he sang in a foreign tongue I did not understand. It did not matter; his giggle was in a language that is universal. I know it by heart; I have heard it on every playground in my neighborhood. He did not notice that I was watching him trying to understand his song. He pulled his little suitcase as he sang, weaving in out of the crowd of passengers waiting to board planes to destinations unknown. First this way and then that, he would pull his little choo choo on wheels. Darting in and out of twosomes and threesomes, he would look up and smile but no one noticed him.

When he tired of his song, he came and sat near me. I leaned over and smiled. He smiled back. Looking around for his mom, I gave her a smile too as if to reassure her I meant no harm. She nodded her approval and turned back to the book in her lap.

I took out the camera from my satchel, turned it on, and pointed it at him. He instinctively grinned and posed for me. I leaned over and handed the Canon to him and he giggled and squeaked with glee when he saw the photo of himself on the LCD. Never a spoken word passed between us. In a blink of an eye he was gone, boarding a plane for a country I don't remember.

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