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[judyc]

Spent Memorial Day weekend with a friend in another state. I really connected with her, something we hadn't done in a long time. They just moved to this city a few years ago and she is having a difficult time making friends. She is a stay at home mom, and 2 kids are out of the house, the third is in high school. She is really having issues with lonliness as she has no social network, and her H works long hours.

She told me something that really made me think. When they first moved to this new city, it was during the summer, and she took her son to see his new school. He plays soccer, so the principal (or whoever) said soccer practice starts Friday. So, on that Friday two years ago, she took her 14 y/o boy, who was new and had not yet met anyone, to soccer, he got out of the car, walked to the group of boys none of which he had ever met, shook hands with the first boy he approached, and said "Hi I'm Josh, I'm new here." And, he was accepted into this new group of friends.

What strength and courage Josh has. Amazing what we can all learn from each other, regardless of age.