As I was swinging on the playground with the Beatles blasting in my ears I watched a boy and his dad play with the boy’s dump truck in the mud beneath the other swing.

I smiled as the young boy began to stir the mud with a large stick he found on the other side of the swingset. He looked at me with his deep blue eyes and smiled back.

I continued to watch the boy and his dad as I swung and noted how devoted the dad was to his son. It made me happy to see the two have so much fun together.

They stayed for a very long time, maybe 45 minutes, which surprised me because kids around the boy’s age usually have incredibly short attention spans.

The father helped the son load the dump truck with gravel and together they pushed it down the bright red slide. The boy smiled as the truck hit the ground with a satisfying BOOM !

When both father and son decided it was time to leave, father hoisted son onto his shoulders, scooped up the dump truck and turned to leave. Son looked back and waved as I smiled