I want a son just like you!

I have a friend that is a single mom of an 8 year old boy. The father is not in the boys life at all. The mother calls me her "mentor" since I help her with so many things and she is from China. Lately I have helped her start a small business. Her mother lives with her to help with the son and because the mother has a new business she has no time at all to spend with her son. Last week the mother approached me to see if I will babysit her son during the summer. She knows that I don't travel so much and often work from my home in the summer because of my job. I told her it was strange of her to ask and I asked her what she was thinking. She told me she likes my style and thinks I have a huge heart and she wants those traits for her son. She said she wanted her son to emulate me and if he was always around me he would pick up my good habits.

I was very humbled by what she said. I guess that is a great way of thinking to find someone you want to model to your kids and then find some way for them to always be around. I spend a lot of time with this boy because I like his mom so much, but I had to decline her request since I don't know what my schedule is each day. Even though schools are out for the summer I will be visiting recruiters to help train them.

I will spend time as I can with this boy since he is a nice guy and I enjoy doing things with a boy that I couldn't do with my daughters. He and I have already gone out and thrown a ball around and played catch. We have also played croquet and gone to the movies. Tomorrow I will take him to Great America and see how much I can scare him on the rides (chances are I will be more scared than him).