Birthday parties

Today is Justin's 10th birthday, in the past his birthday parties have just been family and he's been totally okay with that but in my heart I always felt a little sad for him because i want him to have friends but if hes happy then whatever. But this year he had his heart set on having all of his friends from summer school to come. So we gave him invitations to hand out to each of his class mates and only one kid RSVP. At first Justin had a melt down but then we explained to him that sometimes people get very busy during the summer and that seemed to calm him down. Now the story with the only person who RSVP is that this boy is 10 years old and had never been invited to a birthday party before and apparently when he received the invitation and brought it home he was so full of joy and happiness the mother called mine and RSVP as soon as possible and couldn't stop thanking her. When my mom told me this I felt so happy and sad at the same time. Now when we got to Chuck E. Cheese (Justin's had his birthday there every year since he was like 4) we were there about an hour before his friend came and he was totally content with playing alone but as soon as his little friend came over and gave him his present i saw the light in his eyes sparkle just a little bit more. They didnt necessarily play with each other but they stayed in the same area and waited for each other before leaving to go some where else. And when it was time to eat they sat at a little booth together and ate cake and pizza just as happy as too peas in a pod. When i glanced over and saw them talking with each other it brought tears to my eyes. I've never seen Justin carry an actual conversation with anyone. And the little boy he was with is also autistic so there was no confrontation, no judgement, and no cruel words of hate and it warmed my heart to see him so happy. He did at one point get a little upset when the little boy helped him blow out that candles but what can you do (: Even though only one boy showed up, thats really all Justin needs. It was nice not having to occupy him the entire time, and it was also nice to see him interact with someone his own age. weather he acts ten years old or not he was the happiest little boy in the entire building and it made me feel so good inside. To see my baby brother grow up and be such a happy guy is a blessing and we cant wait for many more happy years to come.