"But, he whispers, I want you to pick me up if I fall... Okay?"

Me too Dad, me too!

This memory came to me this morning:

While visiting Dad last week:

Here is your walker.

"No thank you." he says.

Do you want to hang on to my arm?

"No" he says.

"But, he whispers, I want you to pick me up if I fall... Okay?"

Okay! Me too Dad, me too!

Friends pick us up when we fall down and if they can't pick us up

they sit (or lie) down and listen for a while.

Do you need picked up? Or just someone to listen?