Seeing the big picture

Friday night Will, McKinley and I went out to do a little shopping. The topic of the kids Christmas Caroling performance came up and and I asked McKinley about Amber (a girl in her class who happens to have down syndrome). I asked how Amber was doing, she had a fall a month ago at school that really scared McKinley. She said she was fine and asked if I had noticed what a pretty dress she had worn to school. She talked about how funny and nice Amber is and how she is glad to have Amber as a friend. Then McKinley got really quiet and started to cry. We asked what was wrong and she said it makes her so sad when kids at school tease Amber and make fun of the way she smells, she said she tells the boys to stop but they don't always listen to her. We told McKinley how proud we were of her for sticking up for Amber and being her friend. We are so lucky to have our sweet McKinley!!