Sometimes you just have to look at the small things in life. If you are fortunate enough to capture the respect of a child, it means that you are doing something right with your life.

My dear friend, the Countess duBarry, has done just that with my granddaugher. For Christmas he gave her one of his beautiful jeweled tiaras and a matching pair of eyeglasses....you know the ones...with feathers and jewels encrusted on the frames. Melanie was thrilled and her curiousity was peaked. "He's very creative" she remarked. And every new creation like my tiara, sceptor, and the shoe he made to keep my cell phone in have just added to his mystique.

One day she was passing the time making her own creations with paper, glue, crayons, and stapler. She made a crown for Peter, the Jewel King.

How nice is that?