Friends

How Many, How Much  

How many slams in an old screen door?
    Depends how loud you shut it.
How many slices in a bread?
    Depends how thin you cut it.
How much good inside a day?
    Depends how good you live 'em.
How much love inside a friend?
    Depends how much you give 'em.

- Shel Silverstein

Ghazi

Ghazi's favorite things - Connect 4 and Popcorn

Hug of War

I will not play at tug o' war.
I'd rather play at hug o' war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs,
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kisses,
And everyone grins,
And everyone cuddles,
And everyone wins.
- Shel Silverstein

Parker, Ghazi, Addison

Ghazi trying to like spaghetti and meatballs

Eighteen Flavors

Eighteen luscious, scrumptious flavors
Chocolate, lime and cherry,
Coffee, pumpkin, fudge banana
Caramel cream and boysenberry.
Rocky road and toasted almond,
Butterscotch, vanilla dip,
Butter brickle, apple ripple,
Coconut and mocha chip,
Brandy peach and lemon custard,
Each scoop lovely, smooth and round,
Tallest ice cream cone in town,
Lying there (sniff) on the ground.

- Shel Silverstein

Mango Glace with Sebastien and PJ

Parker, Addison and Amadou (at Institut Francais  Library)

Amadou with P/A at the Trampoline

Addison, Ibrahima, Abdoulaye (little boy), Parker

Addison, Parker and Ibrahima

Lucas, Amadou, Nathan, Addison, Henri, Parker, Mamadou

 

Walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.
— Albert Camus

Nathan (with American money), Parker and Addison

Playing Tanki Online - helping Nathan make the next level

Parker, Addison and Ghazi (more Tanki Online -it's an obsession)

Addison, Parker, Ghazi and Abass - off to the beach

Henri, Addison, Parker

(back row) Addison, Maxime   (front row) Amadou, Ghazi - school excursion

Afterschool Soccer with Coach Sagna

Let's Not Wait

We will meet again my friend,
A hundred years from today
Far away from where we lived
And where we used to play.

We will know each others' eyes
And wonder where we met
Your laugh will sound familiar
Your heart, I won't forget.

We will meet, I'm sure of this,
But let's not wait till then . . .
Let's take a walk beneath the stars
And share this world again.

- Anonymous 

“We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet.
Even longer,' Pooh answered.”
―A.A Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh