Proud Parent Moment

After church today Matt and I were noticing that Jack doesn't really interact with too many kids at church. He will if they engage first but he doesn't "choose" to go sit at the boys table in Sunday school(we know this because we teach his class). We also noticed that he doesn't ever come home from school and talk specifically about one child that he really enjoys hanging out with.

So after church today Matt and I asked him who he hung out with at church on Wednesday nights. Who he hung out with at school. To both he answered no one. We then dug a little deeper and asked "Well who do you play with at recess?" He told us, "This boy named Christopher." He proceeded to tell us that Christopher was a special ed student that is in his class. He is who Jack plays with at recess. He told us that "he can't do all the things I am able to do". "Like at lunch he has to ask someone one to help him open his milk and stuff like that. So I help him at lunch too" He told us that on Mondays his other classmate Colby gets to play kickball and he stays and plays with Christopher. Then on Tuesdays, Colby stays with Christopher while he goes and plays kickball. I asked him if that was something that he was asked to do by his teachers or just something he and Colby worked out and decided to do. He told us it was just something he wanted to do because he likes Christopher and knows he can't do everything and didn't want him to feel bad.

After hearing this Matt and I were just beaming with pride. Getting a glimpse of Jacks tender compassionate heart. Needless to say this was a proud parent moment.