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I cannot count the days I have wished you greater compassion and friendship among your peers. On days you ached with a friend’s unkindness or a stranger’s ignorance I stood beside you marveling at the forgiveness and faith that would propel you into new experiences ripe with old challenges.

I wish I could say that my words in these moments give you peace or hope, but instead it is your actions that inspire me.

This year you befriended someone another may have overlooked or misunderstood. You didn’t extend a hand of friendship out of obligation or expectation, you saw in another’s smile a moment of joy and it was enough to give what you needed most. Humbly and gratefully you found what I could not give, learned what I could not teach.

Love you. Mom

Tagged: Friendship, Musings, Son