“All Alone,” Friend, Oct. 2001, 44
All Alone
He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life (John 8:12).
I walked to school one day, my first day in fourth grade and at a new school. I was scared but got to my classroom OK. At recess, I was all alone. I saw Erin* all alone, too. She didn’t have any friends, and other kids made fun of her because she had lived in three foster homes.
I went over and said hi. She started crying. I asked what was wrong. She said that nobody had been that nice to her. It made me feel really warm inside to know that I had made someone feel better.
Illustrated by Emily Reynolds