Marie Vargas of New York had just dropped her child off at school and was heading to a small restaurant for breakfast. But what she saw broke her heart. Sitting alone at a table was a little boy named Jason eating pancakes. It seems that his parents were too busy at work, so he had to come alone to eat.
Marie wanted to do something for the parents to understand that every child needs their parents, so she wrote an extremely emotional post on Facebook:
“As I just finished dropping my son off at school and walk into Burger King to get some breakfast I see this… this sweet beautiful little boy. Eating breakfast, ALONE, BY HIMSELF, before he heads off to school. It couldn’t help but break my heart, I asked him if he was by himself and he said he was just here alone waiting for school to start and finish his pancakes. I asked him if I could sit with him, and keep him company he said yes. So that’s what I did. I just sat there with him enjoying his company and we talked a bit while he ate his pancakes. As a parent I know we get busy, we may forget, work or relationships, or maybe just life overwhelms us to the point where you don’t realize what’s going on. We’re so busy trying to do everything for our kids that we forget that we should be doing things WITH them, not just for them. At the end of the day, our kids don’t care about what kind of Jordans we buy them, name brand clothes, or fancy outfits. They care about us, spending time with us, having fun with us.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT!
NOTHING YOU EVER BUY CAN AMOUNT TO THE MEMORIES AND BOND YOU MAKE SPENDING TIME WITH YOUR CHILDREN!!!
I hope you enjoyed your pancakes and some company, and I hope you have a great day in class Jason”
As I just finished dropping my son off at school and walk into Burger King to get some breakfast I see this… this sweet beautiful little boy.