I went out to dinner with my friend and her eight-year old son tonight. As we walked to the restaurant, Terri turned to Alex and said, "Tell Auntie your big news!" Alex got all embarrassed and said he would tell me inside. We sit down, order and then Terri turns to Alex again.
"Tell Auntie your big news!" He turns red and she turns to me. "He has a girlfriend! Her name is Meghan and she looks like Nicole Kidman."
"Yay for redheads!" I exclaimed. And then I hear the details.
Apparently at recess one of Meghan's friends came up to Alex and informs him that Meghan is in love with him. Alex takes this information and walks up to Meghan to confront her. He repeats back to Meghan what her friend told him and asks if this is true. She says it is, and bam! They're girlfriend and boyfriend. He even got his first love letter from her. It was decorated all pretty and said, "I love you a lot."
Terri tells me how when she went to pick him up, Alex brought Terri to his new girlfriend, and Meghan marched over and introduced herself to Terri. We are cracking up as Terri recounts the story to me. Alex then informs me that his friends are none to happy about this, as they want to hang out with him at recess instead. And do you know what Alex did? He told me he had to defend her honor.
This all happened yesterday.
I can't help but wonder if life might just be a little better if we kept things simple and straightforward. I love you and I will honor you. I will take the time to make sweet things for you and it won't cost a dime. And I will do this all because I know it's what I feel and I won't overanalyze it because it just is. I want to take my sweet little 8-year old faux nephew and have him teach the world
