....you've got a friend in me. When the road looks rough ahead, and you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed. You just remember what your old pal said: boy, you've got a friend in me. Yeah, you've got a friend in me."
Tough times around here last week. Jalen, Reed's pal since kindergarten, and BFF (do boys say that?) for a couple of years now, moved to San Antonio with his family. After the end of the school year, we did our best to get them together as much as possible, which was great. They had a lot of fun hanging out, including a trip to laser tag.
We hadn't really talked about it much leading up to the day Reed would say goodbye to Jalen. There were no tears as we dropped Jalen off at home and said our goodbyes to his family (who we really like), but the tears arrived before we turned off Jalen's street. Reed said "I wish school started tomorrow, so I could find a new best friend." It was really heartbreaking, seeing him so sad and knowing we couldn't help.
Reed and Jalen had lots in common - they both love Skylanders and Pokemon, and sports....it was great for Reed to see Jalen playing football. I think that motivated him a bit to try it himself, which he ended up loving.
I hope this won't be the last we hear from Jalen, it'd be great if they could stay friends long-distance. And I've always wanted to go to San Antonio!
