But I Do

 Joy and I stayed home from church today.  She has been sick for a couple of days with a cold.  Just she and I.  Joy and I.  Just the two of us.  While I did a few chores, she played a game.

She and Max played a game.

While I started fixing lunch, she helped Max feed himself a snack of popcorn and enjoyed quite a bit herself.

A little later, we cuddled on the couch and talked.  She said she wanted to stay in her pajamas all day long.  I said okay.  I told how glad I was that she was home with us and not still in China.  I said, "If you were sick in China, you'd have no mommy to cuddle you.  You'd have no sisters to sleep with at night.  No daddy to love you."  She thought about that for a few minutes, then looked me straight in the eyes with a big grin and said, "But, I do."  And that was that.