Life Lessons from a Nutcracker

Can you believe it? I'm here again. I just have to write about something really interesting that happened yesterday.
So I went over to Joe and Allison's yesterday. It was a lot of fun as always. I love going over there. Well, I got there and Joe and Louis were playing outside. I sat down and listened as Joe cracked nuts for Louis. I was impressed because I'd forgotten what a nutcracker felt like. He asked if I knew how and I said no but I wanted to learn. He handed it to me along with a hazelnut and was teaching me how to crack it. Well, after a couple of tries, I did pretty well. I got the first one. The second went everywhere. After thought, I'd learned what to do. That was the first life lesson: patience will produce better results. See, when I tried to be strong and crack the nut quickly and efficiently, the pieces went everywhere and it was hard to distinguish the nut from the shell. When I applied slow, steady pressure, the nuts cracked beautifully and remained, for the most part, in one piece.
The next life lesson I learned is twofold. I learned that children are fascinated easily, and that I love playing with kids. Louis's friend William came over and was absolutely entranced at times by the nutcracker. For a while, his mom would crack the nuts for him to eat. He loved to throw the shells into the bushes. Soon, he started handing me nuts for him to crack. I talked to him a little about how old he was and things like that. He's very smart. So I cracked them for him and gave him the nuts and the shells. I had so much fun.
He also learned a lesson yesterday. William learned that he had to show me things by putting them in my hand. Keep in mind, he's about two years old. I was so excited because, at the end of the day, he was putting things into my hand or taking things out of my hand. I'm not sure if he realized I couldn't see, but he was definitely not doing the same thing as he did originally. I must say I was grateful to his mom for showing him that, but I was also really proud of him. It doesn't matter to little kids if you're blind. They can learn to understand and be okay with it. It's people teaching them that the blind are helpless and need to be helped.
I felt so accomplished. I was able to learn a new skill that I am sure I will always remember. Thanks Joe for your teaching.
Peace, love, and joy to all,
Leena