Touch Me Later

Human interest stories on television and in the newspaper usually have the effect on me that I could achieve by sticking my fingers down my throat. One made it's way through my generally cynical veneer and put a smile on my face and warmed the cockles of my heart. There was a fifth grade student in Houston who was receiving chemotherapy treatments for his cancer. His hair was falling out, making him feel extremely self conscience. In order to help the student feel more like the others, his male classmates had their heads shaved and their male teacher did the same. This one did it for me. Where's my Kleenex?