"It is so nice to see you today"

McDonald's was the setting for a precious memory. Aaron and I were walking around Mito on Monday morning after visiting the two schools where he teaches English. Our train to Tokyo was due soon and we had not eaten, so we stopped in McDonald's which was very near the JR -- Japan Rail -- station. Aaron was definitely the one to manage any counter situation because he speaks some Japanese and I do not, so he was standing in front of me in line looking up at the menu. A precious little Japanese boy, probably about seven years old, walked up so sweetly and tentatively and looked up at Aaron's back and said, "Hello, how are you, it is so nice to see you today." He said this very carefully and slowly in excellent English. Aaron turned and saw the little fellow and instantly bowed low to him and said, "Hello, I am fine. It is so very nice to see you today." Aaron said this in slow, careful English. Then he said to me, "Mom, this is one of my students." Then he spoke Japanese to the little boy telling him that I am his mother. The little boy's mother, a beautiful, petite young woman was nearby. She was beaming and proud about her child walking up to his teacher and speaking so well. She appeared to have no English at all, and was positively delighted when Aaron told her darling son that I was his mother. She smiled and nodded to me so beautifully. It was a moment that I will never forget -- a mother and son moment for both me and for a beautiful young Japanese woman. There was no language barrier between us as we both glowed with smiles from delight in our sons.