One day last week Amelia had a friend over to play. It was this girl's first visit to the house even though they have known each other from school for the past couple of years. We have been hoping to get them together as we really like this kid and think that they will get along well. And they did.
When NotLydia (I refer here to any of her friends that is not Lydia as... NotLydia) arrived there was a bit of awkwardness on both their parts. They stood in the foyer area, for a while, as NotLydia surveyed her surroundings and Amelia did the same of her guest. I was just hanging back, waiting to see how things went and hoping they would require no intervention.
A large picture of Amelia as a toddler caught NotLydia's eye and off the cuff she said, "Amelia, you were a funny looking baby". Ooowwww, that was a little something and I went on High-Alert in case I needed to do damage control. In half a second Amelia replied "Well, I guess that most babies are a little funny looking, right?..." Boom. I was a little stunned and more than a little pleased at the same time. Her response was brilliant verbal Aikido. Step off line, redirect the energy and momentum so that no one gets hurt. Wow.
NotLydia and Amelia went on to have a lot of fun together. The obvious comfort and ease that
our conjoined friends(Amelia/Lydia) share wasn't there and I expect it may never be, but it was a good start.
stayathomebryan will remain in the background, where he belongs.
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