The soup was good but I'm still sick!

Heh, but definitely on the road to recovery.

An interesting thing happened yesterday. We were at Jason's baseball practice and the same boy that assaulted Michael and threw rocks at his head came up to Michael and offered what I perceived to be a very sincere apology. He said, "please forgive me, I'm sorry I hurt you". He could barely make eye contact with me but stood solidly in front of Michael and seemed to really be looking for Michael to respond in kind with an olive branch. It dropped my jaw. I mean, I had this kid pegged as a future serial killer based on the physically and psychologically vicious nature of his attack but this unsolicited apology over a week after the incident made me look a little closer. Michael must be the most forgiving soul on Earth because he flung his arms around the kid who just stood there, looking embarrassed.

I explained to the boy, who is 13, six years Michael's senior, that Michael has a hard time with communication because of an auditory processing disorder. I told him that it sometimes affects his social behavior. This was not offered up as an excuse but rather to demystify Michael's sometimes awkward behavior. No point in beating around the bush as it would do no service to either of them. They played together a bit and there were no further altercations.