From the "I'll take a pat on the back wherever I can get it" Department

During the day I'm a grantwriter for a youth development organization (at night I'm batman!). While I don't often get out and fraternize with the kiddies, everyone once and a while they do something that melts the crusty exterior of my heart. Today was one of those day. One of my favorite kids walked into my office and handed me this:

This is the same kid who asked me to be her new mom. Considering her biological mom is a heroin addict, I wish I could have said yes. Ouch. It's all part of a day's work.