Arjun has been volunteering with us for about a year now. One of the gifts he gave Aditya recently was inviting him to play outside, and then inviting him to play Frisbee!
These days, when he is free, Aditya is found practicing his Frisbee skills in the backyard. In the last post we described how we played the mini-Olympics. If you recall that post, Aditya won the Frisbee contest beating Shreya and Baba!
On the weekend, he did something even more amazing. He said he wanted to go to the neighbors' house, to see if his lost Frisbee was in their backyard. He did all of that plus entered their backdoor and retrieved his lost Frisbee with our neighbors' help, and found even Shreya's pink Frisbee right there:)
And then he did that again when he mistakenly threw his Frisbee in their backyard... again!
The first time he went to the neighbors', Baba was there to back him up.
The second time around, Baba "thought" he was there to back him up. He didn't have to. Aditya said fluently, "I am sorry but my Frisbee is in your backyard again."
Their son who had opened the door the first time too, got exactly what Aditya was looking for, and asked, "You know how to go into the backyward right?"
Both his dad and Aditya's dad were all smiles, as Aditya swiftly found and picked up his blue Frisbee from their backyard.
Way to go, Aditya!
Congratulations Arjun and everyone else on the team.
Inviting your friend to do something new (without "needing" it ) is the most precious gift you can give your friend!
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