My Life in Three Words

Yesterday when I was sitting on the couch looking at the laptop computer, Charlie came to sit by me and announced disparagingly, "There are about 150 things that are more important than staring at a computer."

"You're right," I said, shutting the computer and pulling him into my lap. "And you know what the names of three of them are? Charlie, Cubby, and Jack."

"Yes," he said with satisfaction. "And us . . . we're your life."

Truer words have never been spoken. And what a sweet life it is.