On a recent "pajamas and cocoa day" the kids were allowed to take a stuffed animal to school; Alex chose to bring in Big Bear. He always brings in Big Bear, and not because he is his favorite. Big Bear is his escort because he is the biggest bear in the bed. He proudly rides next to Big Bear on bus 55 and escorts him to class, collecting smiles along the way.
I believe that despite being streetwise, Alex takes pride in his youth, and is in no hurry to grow up; this display is his embrace of his youth. This seems to me to be wisdom well beyond the street. Of course, small, itsy, bitsy part of it may be, that he might have just wanted the attention. :)
RAP (12.26.2008)
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