I am really close to one of my friend's children, and thru-out their lives I've spent time alone with them often. However because of Co-Vid I haven't seen them for a number of months. Today it was warm enough that I could venture over to teach them the Wingspan board game outside on their porch (with masks).
The game says it is for 10+, so I didn't really expect the 8 year old to be into it for long. However, they both caught on much faster than I did and the 8 year old even had the brain capacity to read some of the extra bird facts on the cards. Something I found overwhelming until I'd played the game multiple times. He was so enthusiastic about it. I suppose it helped too that he wasn't trying to overthink any sort of strategy, he was just playing.
After we were done I told them to ask their mom to come down before I left. I had not seen her in person for a number of months either. We began talking on the porch, and then it was time for their dinner. I told her if she wanted to eat on the porch I'd stay to talk more. I ended up staying a total of 6 hours, ignoring both my hunger and need to pee (though I could have gone inside quickly to do the latter). Fortunately, I had grabbed my winter coat, because as the temperature cooled I needed it.
When I got home there was a yummi dinner waiting for me as the rest of the household was downstairs watching a movie. "Oofta," I soon heard in the kitchen, "the stairs are hard." Michael's eldest was learning to navigate with her crutches, her attitude is impressive.
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