Finding Friends

Today was a really good day at the daycare.  Lucas and Melayna have found friends!  This whole week more and more kids have started actually playing with Lucas and Melayna instead of just beside them.  We helped in the oldest kids class and Alicia sought out Melayna 4 different times today and asked if she wanted to play what she was playing.  Lucas was asked to wrestle and play soccer and keep away with 3 little boys, Maykel, Sabastian and Anthony.  He was so happy although I think I might have been happier.  It is always a parent's worry that your child will not make friends. Feeling like you belong makes any situation much easier.  It goes right along with yesterday's post about routines.  It is so scary putting yourself out there in a new situation whether it is a new job, a new city or a new club or team.  I think we all go into these new things and search for a place to fit in and once we do, that thing is much less scary.  I hope to teach my kids to be the person that reaches out to someone else who is new in a situation and helps them feel welcome.  That is how I made one of my best friends of all times when I met my friend Janine in junior high.  Stepping into a new situation takes courage and I know this experience is not easy for the kids because it is hard for Matt and I too, but we are definitely becoming stronger people because of it.  I feel like that is what God wants us to do daily in our lives.  He asks us to step out of our comfort zone for Him and reach out to people, share the word, and live as He would live.  So I take from this week to stay strong and step out of my comfort zone.