Merriam-Webster defines precious as something of great value or high price, like precious jewels, highly esteemed or cherished.

When the kids were little, their schools always had a talent show every year. If the kids wanted to be involved, they would let me know so that I could come. The year Alex was in first grade I think, I never heard a word about the talent show until after the talent show. While talking with one of the teachers at the school, she mentioned that Alex was in the talent show. I said he was? She said yes and then she started to cry. She said it was the most adorable thing, it was precious. He went up in front of the whole school and said that he was going to whistle, which he did, but it wasn’t a melody or a song. It was just one note, for few seconds, and then he went and sat down. The reason why this particular teacher thought it was so precious, was because some of the children were doing talents, such as; playing an instrument, doing a dance, singing a song, reading a poem, but Alex’s talent was that he had recently learned to whistle and wanted to share it with the whole school.

When I heard this, I started to cry. He has always been a very sweet and precious little boy. Now he is a very sweet adult daddy, and the father of two darling children of his own. I’m so grateful this teacher told me about Alex in the talent show. He never said a word and neither did anyone else, but it is now a cherished story and memory for me, and I think it is something absolutely precious.