5 Friends

  Yesterday I had five teenage boys hanging out at my dining room table. There was a lot of food eaten...especially Halloween candy and chicken fingers. Laughter rang through the house for hours on end. Raised voices. More laughter. Chairs scraping across the hardwood floor, making room for another hand in the candy bowl. What could these five long haired, gangling teens be doing on a rainy Sunday afternoon?

  Playing Dungeons and Dragons of course! What else? A Halloween version crafted by own son. They played for hours. Creating characters and evolving story lines. And laughing. Lots and lots of laughing. 

  Peeking in through the door you would see blue hair, scarred faces, a flower child and hats. Yes they dressed for the occasion. They looked young and carefree. And happy, very happy.

  Being fourteen is hard. So many things are changing. Responsibilities are increasing both at home and school. They are starting to figure out who they are and who they want to be...they just aren't sure how to get there. Everything is hanging by a hormone guided thread.

  But for a few hours yesterday, sitting at a table, playing D&D, they were carefree kids again. No worries. No cares. Just five friends laughing and having fun. 

  Just how it should be. 

  Ang

**I really wanted to say 5 nerds but Alex would kill me ;) **