A baby smiled at me the other day in the grocery store.

I used to think babies smiled at us in response to our smiling face, but the baby in the grocery store couldn’t see my mouth because of my mask. It struck me that the baby was only looking at my eyes to see if I was smiling at him. And it was a solid 10 seconds of joy as we smiled at each other.

I wonder if 2020 babies will have an extra measure of grace and insight into our hearts because of this. Maybe just an incredibly wonderful gift in the face of so much loss.