Kids and Friendships
They didn't choose each other, to be sure. Zack's parents live mere blocks from us and are a central staple of our social circle.
But long before Nadia knew the names of anyone except her parents, woebegone grandparents included, before she really knew many words at all, she would demand "Za! Za! Za!" incessantly, complete with an impressionistic version of the ASL sign for "Z." When she learned how to push a stroller herself, and demanded to push his, she would stop and peek over the top to check on him, and he would twist around to stare up into her eyes with delight. In fact, though they are both cheery kids, the sunshine gets kicked up so high when they get into one of their fits of looking into each other's eyes and laughing delightedly that you could practically read by it.
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