even though i can’t say that odin truly offered his time and energy of his own free will, i was still proud to come home from work to see him wearing a sticker from a local nursing home with the simple words, “odin volunteer.” and while he may not fully understand it yet, someday maybe he’ll appreciate just how much his visits brightened the days of community elders who may not see as many visitors as they should.

and perhaps someday we’ll all look back at day 807 as the first day in odin’s lifelong commitment to try to continually and instinctively and without hesitation ask what benjamin franklin considered to be the noblest question in the world – “What good can I do in it?”

even if it doesn’t always result in a big bowl of chocolate ice cream 🙂