Ellie knew that there were people who probably looked down on what Stephanie did. A lot of people probably wouldn’t look at it and see it as a job. They’d probably look at it and see it as a hobby. Even more people probably saw it as an absolute waste of time. Ellie could never look at it like that. Stephanie obviously loved it and she was bringing joy to those that stopped to see it as well. It was the perfect type of job and she didn’t really see how anyone could begrudge someone that. There were people in the world that Ellie would never understand.
“I can agree with that. Happiness is going to be different for everyone. For some people it’ll be simple things like seeing their children smile or coming home to a good book. Others it’ll be more materialistic for. But if it makes them happy then that is all that matters.” She grinned at the apology and shrugged it off. “You don’t need to apologise for that. I’m thinking a lot of people have one and sometimes you can’t help where it comes out at.” She was quite certain she’d had a number of soapbox moments throughout the years.
The grin on Ellie’s face widened as she thought about what Dean was going to do for her and what she hoped she could talk him into. Of course she was also starting to hope she could talk Stephanie into doing something artsy for the daycare as well. She was positive the children would absolutely love it if she did. “I’m sure they will. I’m hoping it might inspire some of them to try their own hand at it. And maybe I can talk someone else into doing a wall mural or even something on the ground for the kids...” She trailed off and glanced rather pointedly at Stephanie.