back in the day
n and i were recalling a cute story a little over 8 years ago, just before we were married...
one afternoon in fall 2003, nathanael visited me for lunch at jennie reed elementary school in tacoma, washington where i worked as an ESL specialist. he was walking down the dim, linoleum hallway back from my classroom to his car (pictured above) when he came in step with a cute, african-american first grader. they walked silently together side by side when the conversation broke out.
"hey, spiderman," the little boy said as they marched on.
it must have been the sandy blond hair and glasses on the tall, white guy, or maybe it was his black oakley shoes with the white, web stitching!
"is that a complement?" nathanael replied as they continued in stride.
he finally looked up at him in surprise: "no, it's a superhero."
tomorrow spiderman receives a new and more powerful batch of stem cells than ever. he's nervous about going off his meds so thank you for praying for him.
