Monday, October 17, 2016

A Teenager's Kindness

"Friends... they cherish one another's hopes.  They are kind to one another's dreams."
~ Henry David Thoreau

My lovely friend has -- no surprise -- two lovely children.  Her older child is an 11th grader, a very kind and polite young man.  On a recent outing for pizza, I observed him talking to two of the younger boys, both 5th graders.  It was amazing to watch this 11th grader in conversation with the other two.  At the end of the evening, I thanked him for being so kind to them.  The next day, his mother said to me that he was confused by my thanks -- he considers them friends.

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