That was fast

Earlier today, I posted about the new Guinness commercial, showing a group of grown men playing wheelchair basketball.  After an intense game, all the men, except one get up from their wheelchairs and they all proceed to hang out at a bar.  It shows the compassion of a group of friends to be there for their buddy, who just so happens to be in a wheelchair.  Instead of excluding him, they join him.

I love it.  I love the message and earlier today, I wrote that I can only hope that my boys learn a lesson from this commercial.  It is incredible how quickly our hopes turn to reality sometimes.

Tonight, Dan was working late, so the boys and I had a date night at Skyline for dinner.  They love Skyline.  It's super kid friendly, Isaac loves the hot dogs and Gabe enjoys watching ESPN while he eats.  Each dish comes with heaping piles of cheese.  I mean who doesn't love cheese.  All in all, it's a win win for everyone.

While we were waiting for our food, Gabe exclaims, "Look!  They are playing wheelchair basketball!" I looked over at the TV and saw that the TV across the room was playing that commercial.  It was the first time that Gabe had seen the commercial.

It amazed me how quickly Gabe noticed and also how excited he was about it.  I could tell he was genuinely excited about seeing guys play wheelchair basketball.  He proceeded to comment how he thought Braxton Miller (one of his favorite OSU football players) used to play wheelchair basketball.  (Which I am pretty sure he didn't).  But I guess my point is that I felt so good knowing that Gabe has already learned a great lesson in life that takes adults years sometimes to figure out.   We are all here as ourselves.  We do things how we do things and that's that.  Some of us walk, some use wheelchairs, but we can all play.  

We had to immediately rewatch the commercial on youtube on my phone.  Isaac was very interested and replied with " they play basketball.  I want my wheels."  To him, he just wanted to join.  To that I say, "Yes son.  Please join them.  Let your brother join and everyone else join you too.  Let everyone play and be friends."