Regards! @done. Excellent the way you carry the thread of the story and better if you go to the memory. The truth of the case is that with your story you show us that it is never too late to rectify the vision of the other, and that we need to understand and make visible the other.
I realize that you emphasize the smell of little John, and yet you do not get away or leave it because of its deficient or no personal hygiene. Also, in this third part I see that you share not only with a small Jhon but with another person.
It is very pleasant what you propose, the teaching that you transmit to your children: to give without receiving anything in return.
I gave to John in order to receive a platform of sorts so that I could interject advice. Many times people do not want to listen until they realize you are somebody. Coming up, some of those conversations.
The smell was unavoidable and constant. That stated, I am not putting enough emphasis on it. Even mentioning that aspect of my experience feels like an insult toward my friend. Then again, it is reality.
Edit: No offense taken. The above was an answer to your statement "give without receiving". In order to help him, I would need to receive his attention, then get a dialog started. The Odor: I feel bad writing about it at all. I feel like I am somehow insulting John - what you wrote was not offensive.
"I gave to John in order to receive a platform of sorts so that I could interject advice Many times people do not want to listen until they realize you are somebody Coming up, some of those conversations.
Sorry".
Very true, that you express.
"The smell was unavoidable and constant, That stated, I am not putting enough emphasis on it, Even mentioning that aspect of my experience feels like an insult to my friend, Then again, it is reality".
Excuse me if I offended you and your friend. I saw it in your previous writing and I tried to visualize together that person you describe, what she represents for others: their appearance, their smell, their language. I tried to recreate the store scene: what you felt, the cashier and little John. Triangulate those feelings and that vision of the other. Maybe I did not explain myself well. I reiterate my apologies to you and your friend.