Say & Boys

In the fall of 2011 I got a haircut. It wasn't the best haircut, but I was happy with it.
Why do I remember a haircut from two years ago?
Because that was the day I met my best friend, Shorty.

She didn't cut my hair that day but it was the day I met her.  Over time we gradually grew closer, saying hi to each other at work, learning our sons were close in age and setting up a play date.

The first meeting of say & boys

Over time Shorty and I hung out more and more and brought the boys together more and more. We would talk about how the boys would be best friends and how they would grow up together. We would joke about the teen years that would come some day and how the boys would be as they grew up.

What I didn't know at the time of these jokes is how much of the future we were predicting.
A bond was formed that few people can quite understand. These two became more than best friends.

They became brothers.

Despite Samual's social and sensory issues, they bonded. They fought (fight), hug and cuddle. They laugh together and piss each other off. They have taught each other and they've grown together and despite what the world says about Autism and socialization, these two have formed an unbreakable bond that Samual doesn't have with anyone else.

My heart loves seeing them grow together as they sing in unison, hug wrestle and enjoy a bowl of popcorn and then giggle hysterically together as I vacuum it up. They have truly taught me what friendship is about. O (boys) doesn't see Samual's (say) Autism and Samual wouldn't care if O was developmentally delayed either. They just love each other, because they do and that's just how it is.

We could all learn a little bit from Say and Boys.

Peace & Love,