fishing day

There is a boy in SJ's class named Kevin. He had been wanting SJ to come over and I told him that would be fine. Whenever I would see him, he would ask me when he is coming over. I told him to have his mom call me. This went on for a few days.

After the last request, I happened to see his mom. I told her that I didn't want to invite SJ over, but Kevin keeps asking me to allow SJ to come to his house. She said she would like to have SJ over and would check her schedule. I told her that sounded great. I told her that SJ is free most Saturdays.

She called later that evening. She wanted to know if SJ likes to fish. Hallelujah! A shared interest! Usually, boys SJ's age are into baseball or soccer. Kevin does play baseball, but his mom said he has a big interest in fishing. I told her that SJ loves to fish. She said if SJ was available this past Saturday (let me check his schedule...definitely open!) she would like to take him and Kevin to a private pond to fish.

I thanked her for having SJ and we agreed on the time that she would pick him up. (I offered to drop him off, but the mom had to pick up Kevin's sister and she said it be easier to pick up SJ.) I had some errands to run that morning, so I had my husband get him ready.

I had returned just a few minutes before Kevin's mom came to get SJ. Kevin was very excited to see SJ and SJ seemed excited to go with Kevin.

When SJ returned a few hours later, he was all smiles. Kevin told us that he had caught a fish (he then released it back into the pond) and that he enjoyed fishing with SJ. The mom told me that SJ fished for a little while, but then seemed to enjoy just walking around the pond. (I was worried that he may get bored way before Kevin was done, but it seemed as if they both still had fun being at the pond.)

After they went back to Kevin's house, she told me that boys were busy playing with Kevin's slot car set. I am sure SJ enjoyed that. We have a set, but haven't set it up for a long time.

I thanked the mom again for having SJ over. I told her we would love to have Kevin over to go to our pool with us. She said that sounded like something that Kevin would enjoy. As they were pulling out of the driveway, Kevin waved from the car. I wanted to shout, "Thanks for being a great friend to SJ." Instead, I just waved, smiled and felt so comforted that SJ has a friend.