I've had this discussion with a friend. At what age does a child start realizing they are not the center of the universe? I think it happens slowly and little by little, they begin to put others first. Then perhaps, for most, it reverts during those teen-age years. Hopefully, by the late teenage years they've once again realized they are not the center of the universe.
I mention this because I witnesses something very special this weekend. Brent really wanted to go miniature golfing yesterday. As I had a lot to do and wasn't feeling that well, I reluctantly went. I eventually decided to go because Ryan has hit that age where he doesn't want to do much with mom and I thought to myself that someday Brent will be there (soon I'm sure) so I should take advantage of every opportunity I get to spend time with him.
So, Brent, Hailey and I head out to the park and when we get there I get my purse out and get ready and Brent says "you can leave your purse in the trunk, I'll pay". WOW, what an incredible gift on his part to me. Not that I can't afford the $16.00 to miniature golf, but I just thought that the mind set of wanting to pay had hit that level where he decided to put someone (me and his sister) ahead of himself or something he could have bought for himself with that money.
It was the best game of miniature golf in the world!
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