Dr. King goes to kindergarten

I asked my 5-year-old granddaughter if she knew why today is a holiday.

"It's Martin Luther King Day," Courtney said.

Tell me about him, I said.

"He had brown skin and black hair."

And why do we have a special day for him?

"He was a leader, and he died."

Her 7-year-old sister added that Dr. King let all kids go to the same school. And that when she and her classmates made cut-paper portraits of him, she was the only one who made his eyes small, like they really were. "All the rest of the kids made his eyes REALLY big, but they were small!"

Nice to know my grandchildren have an appreciation for detail.