Questa è Enida

Lately… Ethan doesn’t seem to be interested in playing with Edrick anymore. It breaks my heart to see Edrick handling rejection, but I don’t really want to interfere. Friendship is something only ‘friends’ have to go through to figure it out. Mothers have to step back. It is a learning process.

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But they do chat on the intercom phone almost every day like any other BFF’s do. Sometimes for almost half an hour. After one of those calls the other day, and with tears welling in his eyes, Edrick was ready to talk…

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Edrick: Ethan doesn’t want me to go over to his house, Mom. *sobs sobs*

Mom: Oh okay, why don’t you ask him to come over to our place?

Edrick: He doesn’t wanna do that either.

Mom: Oh okay, maybe you guys could go out to the pool.

Edrick: He can’t. He’s grounded.

Mom: Ohhhh okay. That explains.

Edrick: Ethan’s grounded for playing too much iPad.

Mom: Playing too much iPad? How much is that?

Edrick: I don’t know. He’s grounded for two weeks!

Mom: That is long, man! But that’s what happens when you break the rules.

Edrick: But there are no rules in Ethan’s house, Mom. He can play with his iPad whenever he wants.

Mom: If there are no rules, then what is there for him to break?

Edrick: I don’t know. Ethan doesn’t know about the rules either.

Mom: Hmmm… that’s pretty tricky, eh?

Edrick: Yeah, how can you know what is right if you don’t know what is wrong?

Mom: Oh boy! You’re absolutely right.

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I knew I was talking to my Little Big Man.
But I didn’t realize he was that big already.

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