Hand in Hand

Out of Ms. A's Mary Poppins bag I grabbed an emery board. Also known as a nail file. I could write about something as shallow as getting a manicure or those girls off of the movie clueless who are always fixing their nails but as I was thinking about my object I thought why not write about the hand that you file? Though we don't think about it hands are a very important part of our culture, and pretty much any culture for that matter. Obviously we use them to do things but we use them to shake hands, which could be a friendly or business-like gesture, some use their hands to talk, be it just waving them around to emphasize something or actually speaking, and they are also used to show affection in hand holding, touching, and embracing. In my observations hands come in many different shapes and sizes. My hands are about average. Maybe on the large side but my fingers and palm are proportionate and my hands and fingers are neither fat nor skinny. My friend Elizabeth and I were comparing hands the other day and she has small squat hands. Shorter chubbier fingers and her palms are bigger than her fingers but I think she has beautiful hands. In the bible it says beautiful are the feet of them that share the gospel (something along those lines anyway) and I think that that principle can apply to hands too. In my words beautiful are the hands that help others, who are doing things worth while and productive. There are so many things to do with your hands. You can pick up trash along the side of the road to help keep your neighborhood clean, you can rock a fussy baby to sleep for a mom who seems just about at her wit's end, or you can teach a little kid how to write their name. Though hands can be used for bad things there are so many ways to make your hands beautiful.