From Christmases Past... Part 2

From 2006:

On Friday, my son Kameron who just turned 5 had his pre-k Christmas play and party. Last week his teacher told us to bring in a new book so the kids could do a book exchange.

We went to the store and Kam picked out the Charlotte's Web the movie book. He thought that it was the coolest thing ever and BEGGED me to let him read it before he gave it away. I explained that it was going to be a gift for one of the kids in his class and we need to keep it new.

SO Friday after the party, his teacher said that only 3 kids had brought in books to exchange and that they were on the table in the classroom and those 3 could all go pick a book to take home. Kam got this gleam in his eye and I KNEW what he was thinking. He wanted his own book! SO we got to the classroom and there was only one book left... HIS book! He was SO excited and couldn't wait to get home to read it.

Before we left, a little girl from his class came in and looked at the table and said "Where are the books? I didn't get mine yet and I brought one!" Her mom tried to focus her attention on something else and we left to walk out to the car...

As I was getting Kennedy in, Kam looked at his book and said "Mommy, do you think I should give Lilly this book? She didn't get one." I said "Well Kam, if you want to, that would be fine, but then you won't have a book." He looked at that book again and said "That's ok Mommy, she's sadder than me." And he ran back in and gave her that book without another thought.

After I got home I was thinking you know, he REALLY wanted that book, and for him to understand, at 5 years old, that Lilly was so sad about not getting a book, and even more be willing to have NO book so she could have one, just makes me so proud of him.

Under the tree on Christmas morning, Kameron received that book with a letter from Santa praising him for being a kind, loving kid. I can't wait to see the man he becomes.