The Kindness of a Teenager

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."
― e.e. cummings

With so many complaints about the behavior of children and teenagers these days, I was delighted to see the kindness of a friend of mine's teenage son.

I had picked up my friend and her two children for dinner and a visit.  Her son was very tired, so we dropped him off at his house after dinner.  My friend had given him her keys, so he would have to let her in after.  As I drove my friend home an hour later, we joked about what she would do if her son was asleep and did not hear her buzzing to get into their apartment building.  But as we drove into their building's driveway, the son was opening the front door of the building to let her in.  He had seen us driving down the street from their apartment and came downstairs before his mother had to notify him that she was there.  And all this with a smile and a gracious goodbye to me.