After you put a child through trauma of some sort ( Gail had to sit through a painful palatal injection..she wailed when I put it in, but I kept it there for a good few seconds, slowly injecting till the tissues turned white.. all the while telling myself just DO IT, just DO IT)...


...you wouldn't expect them to show you some love in return.

With tears still in her eyes, and a runny nose.. she got up after I extracted her tooth, and walked to me ( I was busy scribbling in her notes I didnt notice).. and gave me a hug and said 'thank you'.

I am usually quite the 'hugger', but this totally caught me off guard. In a nice way, of course.




:) I like this warm fuzzy feeling :)