Pied Piper

    I am the pied piper. I do not play a flute to attract mice, but I do have a tendency to attract children of all ages without trying. Many times when I go out I will notice a 4th child in my brood. Following me in the store, asking me questions in the park, or walking in a parking lot; these kids zero in on me as if by a magnetic force. I feel like the neighborhood mother.

    While kids are my business and gift in life, I have always wondered how babies and children learn to sense the good and evil in people. They almost always are drawn to the right type of  people, knowing who is safe and who is not. Even when I have no kids with me, I still get the feeling I'm being followed and am in fact.

    My granny has Snow White Syndrome. She attracts all the animals of the city. Stray cats, opossums, birds; they all love and trust her. They sense something in her person that they know will protect them. I again wonder how this works.