Chompy

About a month and a half ago I gave Sam a stuffed animal called Chompy. Chompy is a very cute crocodile. Although Sam has moved away from stuffed animals in the last few weeks she still likes to keep Chompy around as it makes her feel close to me when I am not there with her......or at least this is what she has said. Last night I found Sam in the dining room looking very content and in her upper left hand pocket sat Chompy as if he were a handkerchief. Sam, with her new stylish haircut and Chompy sitting comfortably in her pocket both looked out at me in the most adorable way. Sam just looked fabulous. I know it sounds odd, but at that moment, Sam and Chompy made a lot of sense together and I know it was all of Sam's doing to sit Chompy comfortably in her pocket like that. I was impressed. Sam was in a good state, and we had a nice conversation about religion. Sam said that she had to explain in class that she was not religious nor was she a practicing catholic. However she is spiritual. She said that she didn't think people understood her very well and she felt a bit like an outsider. I'm not 100% sure such discussions take place in her classes, but I will check since normally there is quite a bit of truth to what Sam is remembering and saying. Sam also was flirting with me last night, and I of course responded in kind. "Sam" was very much herself last evening and I was very glad to be there with her.