Half a Ha'penny
I've
enjoyed watching my children reach out and attempt to make new
friends. They are uninhibited, and they worry not about what other kids
might say or do. The biggest challenge this year has been language!
Recently, they met two darling boys at the sports club we frequent.
Their mother is Egyptian and their father is Polish. In the course of
establishing a friendship, my youngest (4-years old) offered a "penny"
to each of the boys that she had acquired during our recent "R&R"
(Rest and Recuperation) trip back to the United States. The boys seemed
delighted with their new treasure and hurried over to their mother to
see if they could somehow reciprocate in like fashion. A few moments
later, they returned with three shiny, tiny "Grosz" coins from Poland
that they shared with each of my daughters.
A Grosz is equal to 1/100 Zloty and the current exchange rate of Zloty is about 3.5
to the U.S. Dollar. So the Gosz coin is worth roughly 25% of 1 U.S. Cent on
today's market. ;-)
Children are truly the best world ambassadors. You are raising the most lovely and kind human beings.
ReplyDeleteThank you Barbara! Sometimes I think about everything that our kids are missing out on and feel bad but then I think about everything that they are gaining here. They have such a broader vision of the world than I ever had at their ages. And yes they have NO FEAR when it comes to making friends with all the children on the playground.
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