friends

Both Henry and Nora have friends. Good friends. Friends that I like them to have. Friends that have good parents and seem to have the same values as us. Wow.... that is truly miraculous. One of Henry's best friends is a girl. Her name... well... not my kid, so lets call her "K". I love love love love their friendship. They both hate team sports. They both seem to over focus on things. They're both really smart and adventurous and ...well... perfect together. K isn't in Henry's class... or on his bus... Actually Henry doesn't have any of his old friends in his class that we know of. This is kind of awful. He was very sad about this the first week of school, but he seems to have rebounded a bit. This week K's mom put together a plan to have K, Henry and Henry's other super good friend "S," get together once a week for a play day........ This is the best news ever. Henry doesn't know yet.

"K" came to Nora's soccer practice today because her little brother practices at the same time. I don't think I talked to Henry once. He was immediately off exploring the fields and woodline. Bouncing around the playground. Henry has it tough sometimes. He complains about not finding anyone that doesn't want to play "kickball" at recess. About people not listening to him. It is beautiful to find a few kindred spirits to go get muddy with. I am thankful for these, and the other few friends that Henry has made. They are good to him..... and for him.