like a Mona Lisa

Today, I'm sitting somewhere, trying to last till the end of work day, when I look up from my desk to see a picture of my baby smiling at me. It's like that Mona Lisa smile - you just know she saw someone or something that made her smile like that, and though frozen in a painting, it reaches out to you and draws you in to smile back at her. That's how my baby's picture looked to me just now.

I smile back. And I am with her, playing, making her laugh, giving her kisses, spending the day with her...

It won't be long now, in less than an hour. I will be home.
I smile back.