A Friend from the 'Planet

Last night, Joseph said good-bye to a friend.  It was sweet and sad.  I imagined that it was like making a friend at a summer camp and then saying good-bye as the camp ended.  Maybe they will meet again next year or maybe never. 

Except this friend was one that Joseph met during our first week of playing LBP2.  Somehow they began seeking each other out whenever they're online, hanging out together in each other's moon or pod: Taz making levels while Joseph patiently watched and then playing the level over and over until it was perfect; Taz creating an object for Joseph to use; or the two of them playing levels together then returning to their moon to fight each other with weapons they created or copied from others. 


                              


Taz was the very first friend that Joseph made on his own, granting that I typed his words for him.  And Taz was the one he told his secret to: that he couldn't play the game himself and that he needed his Dad or Mom or brother to play for him.  And so Taz would ask him, "Who's playing now?"  We knew that after Tuesday, Taz wouldn't be able to play LBP2 for awhile.  So as the time came to say goodbye, they took pictures of their sackpersons together, made sticker of the picture, and took some more pictures.

I was very sad to say good-bye.  But that's just me being sentimental.  And Joseph, he's already moved on.  Today, his Daddy said that he started playing at 10AM and had to be talked to quit at 8PM.  He played with Sky and other kids and just before he took his shower tonight, he was playing with some French-speaking (writing) kids.  Can I say it again, how absolutely glad his Daddy and I that it became possible for Joseph to play Little Big Planet on his own?