Mina’s Picnic

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Out of the blue, Mina told us that she and her best friend, on the last day of school (yesterday), had promised to have a picnic together today.
It was quite amusing to watch her put together a bag of snacks and water, and she even washed a plastic bowl and dried it carefully with a paper towel. But when it came to asking what time they were supposed to meet, she gave me a blank stare…
“She’ll just know, daddy, we’re best friends!”
Knowing which way this was heading, I asked if we all could go together. Mina agreed and we were soon hitting the McD’s drive thru and heading off to the park near her school for the picnic. Mina was of course devastated that her friend was not there and kept expecting her to show up throughout lunch. Afterward, she asked me why her friend hadn’t come.
I thought for a while and told her that you have to set a time when you want to meet somebody. Then she asked me if that’s why I’m always angry about people being late.

1 thought on “Mina’s Picnic

  1. I just got stood up for lunch by someone who agreed to meet, but then did not return my texts/voicemails about “are you going to be there at 1:00 for lunch?” Mika is learning the hard truths about organizing meet-ups and probably later, about no shows. Just part of learning and yes, MeiMei also gets ruffled feathers about lateness issues, but not angry any more.

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