One afternoon, Oliver’s mother invited Ethan over to play.
When I arrived to pick him up, she thanked me.
“For what?” I asked.
“For Ethan.”
She explained that Oliver had struggled after transferring schools and had spent his first days eating alone. Schoolsupplies
“He came home so happy the day Ethan invited him to sit together,” she told me.
That’s when I realized something beautiful.
Oliver hadn’t simply rescued Ethan from an unpleasant situation.
Ethan had helped Oliver feel welcome when he needed a friend too.
Their friendship had begun
