A baby winked at me the other day

At Robert's sister's graduation luncheon (Korean BBQ, always a winning choice) I was winked at by a baby. And it was totally in the correct context!

Let me back up a moment here...at the table was Robert's mother, his two aunts, one of his younger cousins and his baby cousin, Angelito. Little Angel isn't even two yet, can't speak and sits in a high chair where he was content to wave happily at anyone and everyone he saw. After gorging ourselves countless plates of BBQ (myself, I stuck to massive amounts of kimchi), I got up to go get an ice cream cone with the little girl cousin and brought one back for Angel who lit up like Christmas when he saw it. Gazing rapturously at the cone in silence for a brief moment, the baby lifted his eyes to me and his expression seemed as if the Virgin herself had delivered unto him that double chocolate fudge cone; he watched as I made my way to my seat on the other end of the table before taking the first few bites and gurgling happy baby noises.

The next time I looked his direction, Angel was smiling full force at me, coyly "hiding" behind his ice cream cone and peering around it before diving behind the shelter a waffle cone provides. Aha, I thought, peek-a-boo! I returned the gesture with a smile of my one, noting that kids have always had an affinity for me, when Angel peered out from behind his ice cream again, looked me directly in the eye with a mischievous smile and winked. I'll repeat that in case it didn't quite hit you: a baby, who cannot even say "mama" yet, winked at me. Winked at me after I had brought him an ice cream cone. Winked, flashed a smile, and then lifted his ice cream aloft as if he was toasting me.

You know how in Star Wars much is made of Luke Skywalker's innate connection with the Force? Yeah, this kid is clearly in touch with the Game on a similar level. (And by Game, I am referring to the one that players are always exhorting us to transfer our hate to.) Perhaps Angelito may never be a doctor or a lawyer, but how many of us can remember Casanova's church career? Destiny, little Angel, destiny.