loving-kindness

this week the st. francis of assisi award, for generosity of soul, goes to the girl who gave up her chocolate wombat to her pint-sized nephew. this is remarkable in so many ways. in the first place women don't voluntarily relinquish chocolate. it's not in their genetic code. and, second, these wombats are awfully hard to find. (just ask david attenborough.) an admirable gesture and all that but, personally, i think she's taking the sacrificial aspect of lent a little too far. though i'm sure the nephew in q. will be smiling about it.