Last Thursday, my son’s baseball game didn’t go the way he wanted and this is a picture his friend, a natural athlete, drew him afterwards to cheer him up.
Every time I look at this photo, my eyes fill with tears of gratitude. At the end of the day, we all want our children to have one, good friend to whom they can turn. We want them to have friends who see them at their best and cheer them on but who also watch them as they fail and fall but who extend the hand and love them anyway.
We want our children to have friends who celebrate their strengths and rally behind them as they step out of their comfort zone as they literally (or figuratively) step up to bat. They give them the confidence and encouragement to try something new because they know someone on the bench has their back.Continue Reading