Listening to the cars drive over the wet pavement, I felt a little down today. I thought about friendship. I watched my boys. They have a unique connection with each other. I have even heard them say, “I love you,” to one another. But lately I’ve noticed that Aj hasn’t been with them. Aj is a good kid; all my boys are, in spite of what you may believe about gang members. Aj was still on the fringes. He hadn’t quite crossed the line; still in school, and occasionally making curfew. I have mixed feelings about not seeing him. A part of me is thankful that he isn’t hanging out, but there is another piece of me that is wondering why. This thinking caused me to remember my own friend, whom I haven’t talked to in a while. I am wondering if, like Aj, we are just going separate ways unknowingly; or is it the result of a decision that had to be made?
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