Some things make me smile....

A week ago I took my teen son to another small town to put him on a ferry to go on a weekend trip. Since I wasn't sure if I'd make it back in time to pick up my 7 year of from school, he got a lucky break from school and got to take an early day too. As a special treat (depending on how you look at it) we went to McDonald's after his brother was well on his way. While my little guy was playing in the playground with a new little friend he met there who was rather loud and telling my son to avoid the "girls", to "stay away from them", and "shoot them if they come in the boys room"...I heard my son say...."Well, actually I came here to try and make some new friends" to the boy. This melted my heart and apparently touched the heart of the mother of the girls as well because she looked my way and gave me a grin. All I could think was "Yes! He gets it!" If that didn't make the trip worth it there, we decided to have an ice-cream cone on the way out. J was shooting his toy around as I had instructed him multiple time NOT to do and as I kept walking I noticed he stopped. When I turned only to see him looking in the direction of some High School teenagers sitting at a table I asked him if he shot it under "THERE????". Once he confirmed my suspicions I realized we had also caught the attention of the teens and I explained why we were staring at their feet. To my shock, one of the teens jumped up and said..."Well, we must help this young man find his toy". two boys and one girl got up and got on all fours looking on the floor for J's toy. One young man crawled over to the trash containers and declared he found it and then he did the unthinkable. He laid completely prone on the floor and reached under the trash can holder and retrieved the toy. I was stunned. It would not have been the end of the world if we had never seen the toy again. My son is not the type who would have pitched a fit or thought the world have come to a halt because he had not done what I had told him to do which was stop shooting. These kids were amazing. I thanked them and then went and got cones for J and I. I couldn't get them out of my head so I decided THEY needed to know, stuff like that just doesn't happen. I asked the cashier for a gift card that would cover some ice-cream, coffee or a couple of soda's for them. On the way out I stopped back by the table and sat it down. I said..."I just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate what you did for "J". It means a lot." They seemed surprised but hey, those were some awesome kids and such a great deed, well they needed to know it was really a GREAT DEED! Their parents should be proud. They are doing a good job.