On the plane from Baltimore to Denver I sat next to a nice young woman who is a student at the University of California in Davis, but was in Maryland for a friend’s wedding. She was telling me about what a great time she had even though she had to miss classes and despite all the work that went into making the wedding great. She was quite expressive and talked with her hands so I noticed that she was wearing a sort of light green nail polish. I asked if she been in the wedding and if that was the color of the bridesmaids dresses, and her response is what inspired this blog. She said, “nope, I wasn’t though I did a whole lot to make the wedding happen (including she would later point out cleaning a barn which would hold the reception), but my dress sure was this color and thank you so much for noticing.” It struck me how often we may notice things, but never mention them, or on the other hand how often we miss things that others are really hoping we will notice. Green nail polish is a small detail, but often it’s the small details that we put the most thought into and which we really hope will be appreciated. It’s a new hair cut, new shoes, a new whatever, or the little things we do like folding laundry, doing the dishes, or any of those things we don’t really do for the recognition, but which we sure hope someone notices. The thing is, the little things, the nice touches (like matching nail polish) or the chores done without prompting, those things really say a lot about a person and they deserve to be noticed. When we notice we should say something; it matters and it feels good.