They welcomed their friends into the park, made new ones, and roped them into the group as well.
They extended a helping hand to those who'd fallen down, they walked in step - arms around their friends' shoulders in camaraderie - just so the lonely ones didn't feel left out.
They also watched out for the little ones, and set rules to make sure the 'babies' weren't hurt or pushed even accidentally.
The younger one actually stood up to those twice his size. He is a bully buster like me, and could have put his foot down...but he chose to walk away quietly when pushed, I was proud to see.
And when they were done with dinner, they helped clean up.
...Sure, they also made a hell of a noise, were frequently ticked off for it, and were perfect over-active monkeys in the park.
They are my boys - 6 and 3 years old.
I'm happy my sons have good friends and are much more social than I am. I usually sit on a bench watching them, muttering to myself behind a book I'm pretending to read. Occasionally I leap up to 'save' them from a fall, or referee a spat, or offer them a sip of water, but really, I'm just playing the supporting cast.
Here are some words on friendship...simple but true, affirmed by yours truly, a person who gives daily thanks for her few but genuine old gold friends:
"Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything." (Muhammad Ali)
"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the Kings of the world." (Thomas A. Edison)
"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit." (Albert Schweitzer)
"It's one of the blesings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
"Never explain. Your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway." (Elbert Hubbard)
"Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts." (Margaret Lee Runbeck)
"It's the friends that you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter." (Marlene Dietrich)
My closest friends live all over the globe, and I can attest to doing the 4 a.m. phone call at regular intervals! I have had my fair share of 3 a.m. calls as well, each lasting a couple of hours...chatting on the living room sofa while my husband and sons slept on in the bedroom.
They extended a helping hand to those who'd fallen down, they walked in step - arms around their friends' shoulders in camaraderie - just so the lonely ones didn't feel left out.
They also watched out for the little ones, and set rules to make sure the 'babies' weren't hurt or pushed even accidentally.
The younger one actually stood up to those twice his size. He is a bully buster like me, and could have put his foot down...but he chose to walk away quietly when pushed, I was proud to see.
And when they were done with dinner, they helped clean up.
...Sure, they also made a hell of a noise, were frequently ticked off for it, and were perfect over-active monkeys in the park.
They are my boys - 6 and 3 years old.
I'm happy my sons have good friends and are much more social than I am. I usually sit on a bench watching them, muttering to myself behind a book I'm pretending to read. Occasionally I leap up to 'save' them from a fall, or referee a spat, or offer them a sip of water, but really, I'm just playing the supporting cast.
Here are some words on friendship...simple but true, affirmed by yours truly, a person who gives daily thanks for her few but genuine old gold friends:
"Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything." (Muhammad Ali)
"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the Kings of the world." (Thomas A. Edison)
"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit." (Albert Schweitzer)
"It's one of the blesings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
"Never explain. Your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway." (Elbert Hubbard)
"Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts." (Margaret Lee Runbeck)
"It's the friends that you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter." (Marlene Dietrich)
My closest friends live all over the globe, and I can attest to doing the 4 a.m. phone call at regular intervals! I have had my fair share of 3 a.m. calls as well, each lasting a couple of hours...chatting on the living room sofa while my husband and sons slept on in the bedroom.
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