Some Good News In The World

[GloryDayz]

For all the negative bullshit that we deal every day, here's a great story about a great man friending a great kid. Great job Travis..

http://time.com/4474258/florida-stat...-lunch-autism/

Football Player Eats Lunch With Boy With Autism After Seeing Him Sitting Alone

A Florida college football player has changed the life of an 11-year-old boy with autism after he ate lunch with the student who was sitting alone in his middle school’s cafeteria, the boy’s mother said.
Leah Paske, 39, shared a photo on Facebook of the touching moment Tuesday between Florida State University wide receiver Travis Rudolph and her son Bo. The Tallahassee mother, who constantly worries about her son being lonely, said she burst into tears when a school employee sent her the image.
The gesture was “so seemingly small” but meant the world to her, she told TIME on Wednesday. “That’s all you need—small acts of kindness. And it can be life-changing for somebody,” Paske said. “I was just so touched and so blessed and so humble that he would take a moment to sit with my child.”
Bo was diagnosed with autism when he was 3 years old. Most days, he eats lunch alone, secluded from other students. “It’s more heartbreaking to me than it seems to be to him,” Paske said.
“I’ll say, ‘Who did you eat lunch with today?’ And he’ll say, ‘Nobody. But it’s OK, mom.’ I just don’t want him to be lonely,” she added. “I worry every day. I wonder if he doesn’t really have any friends. It’s hard.”
Rudolph said in an interview with Florida State’s athletic website that he didn’t even know Bo had autism. He and a handful of other Florida State football players were paying a visit to the school and making their rounds in the lunchroom when Rudolph spotted Bo.
“I saw him last. He was sitting by himself. I had got some pizza. I asked him can I sit down with him. He said sure why not. We started a great conversation,” Rudolph said. “It’s just heartbreaking that he’s in that situation, but I’m praying for him. He’s a great kid overall. I would love to hang out with him anytime.”

[Hydrae]

Need more stories like this to be reported. I am sure things like this happen all the time but media, etc focus on the negative (if it bleeds it leads, yadda yadda). I think having more of these types of things reported it would help to reinforce that most people are good people who want good things for themselves and others. It would be so much better than the reports that reinforce the negatives in our society.

Just my opinion of course.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

Need more stories like this to be reported. I am sure things like this happen all the time but media, etc focus on the negative (if it bleeds it leads, yadda yadda). I think having more of these types of things reported it would help to reinforce that most people are good people who want good things for themselves and others. It would be so much better than the reports that reinforce the negatives in our society.

Just my opinion of course.

Yeah...if this was a gory story, something about guns, or politics this post would have hundreds of replies.

But alas, since it is a cool story about an athlete doing something nice for a young boy it gets buried with only 3 or 4 replies.

Says a little something about our world.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Mosbonian

Yeah...if this was a gory story, something about guns, or politics this post would have hundreds of replies.

But alas, since it is a cool story about an athlete doing something nice for a young boy it gets buried with only 3 or 4 replies.

Says a little something about our world.

Maybe some of us don't want to ruin the moment by opening our mouths.

[ptlyon]

Agreed! Thanks for posting this!

[Gonzo]

[vailpass]

I read that the other day. Shit made me tear up.

“I’ll say, ‘Who did you eat lunch with today?’ And he’ll say, ‘Nobody. But it’s OK, mom.’ I just don’t want him to be lonely,” she added. “I worry every day. I wonder if he doesn’t really have any friends. It’s hard.”

[Rasputin]

Good news in the World and when you say World you mean America!

[notorious]

Originally Posted by vailpass

I read that the other day. Shit made me tear up.

“I’ll say, ‘Who did you eat lunch with today?’ And he’ll say, ‘Nobody. But it’s OK, mom.’ I just don’t want him to be lonely,” she added. “I worry every day. I wonder if he doesn’t really have any friends. It’s hard.”

I cried.

I ask my kids (they are young) to go out of their way to make the odd kid out feel included and try to make friends with them.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by notorious

I cried.

I ask my kids (they are young) to go out of their way to make the odd kid out feel included and try to make friends with them.

That's great to hear that you teach your kids that.

It really makes a difference.

One of the great things about us having a disabled daughter is that my other kids understand it and know how things go when out in public sometimes, so they go way out of their way to make the "different" kids feel included.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

That's great to hear that you teach your kids that.

It really makes a difference.

One of the great things about us having a disabled daughter is that my other kids understand it and know how things go when out in public sometimes, so they go way out of their way to make the "different" kids feel included.

I remember when I was young there were a few kids that just didn't blend well when they moved from out of town.

I became friends with them after a few years and kicked myself for not getting to know them sooner. I know kids will be kids, but they don't know what hidden diamond might be hidden inside someone else.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by notorious

I remember when I was young there were a few kids that just didn't blend well when they moved from out of town.

I became friends with them after a few years and kicked myself for not getting to know them sooner. I know kids will be kids, but they don't know what hidden diamond might be hidden inside someone else.

Exactly.

Good man

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by notorious

I cried.

I ask my kids (they are young) to go out of their way to make the odd kid out feel included and try to make friends with them.

ya, I did the same thing.

My oldest carried a baby to term to be adopted by a wonderful family with a daughter with DS. I love knowing my grandson will grow up with her.

My fav as FDE was doing the charity work for kids.

....this story is awesome and great example to all of us.

[New World Order]

Originally Posted by vailpass

I read that the other day. Shit made me tear up.

“I’ll say, ‘Who did you eat lunch with today?’ And he’ll say, ‘Nobody. But it’s OK, mom.’ I just don’t want him to be lonely,” she added. “I worry every day. I wonder if he doesn’t really have any friends. It’s hard.”

[Al Bundy]

Also looks like an FSU booster is giving the kid and his family some good tickets for an FSU game.