@reddithan: MY 9-YEAR-OLD NIECE HUGGED ME AT CHRISTMAS. SHE WOULDN'T LET GO. THEN SHE SLIPPED A FOLDED NOTE INTO MY PURSE. I OPENED IT IN THE BATHROOM. THREE WORDS WERE WRITTEN IN PENCIL. I LOOKED UP. SHE WAS WATCHING ME. BY MIDNIGHT, I WISHED I HAD NEVER READ THAT NOTE.