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LAUGHTER

Tim’s witty humor showed up around the third grade. I thought his responses were due to the fact that he saw the world differently and so would respond to “the other ” meaning of a word. This made him a hit with his classmates but not so much with his teachers. One day he asked…
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LOYALTY

When Tim was in second or third grade one of his friends was in a fist fight with a boy about a year older. This was on the school grounds. Tim, wanting to put a stop to it, ducked under the swinging arms, put a hand on each boy’s chest and pushed them away from…
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EMPATHY

Empathy came early for Tim. When he was almost 2 years old I was sick with flu or sinuses or whatever. After getting he and I up, dressed and fed I lay on the couch while he played. At one point he came over to me and I said “Mommy sick”. He took a moment…