The little girl on the corner house came over tonight to ask if we had any little kids she could play with. She was the sweetest little thing.
I showed her our little girl, only two months old, and asked her how she was. She said she was 5.
It was dusk at the time, so I looked over to see if her mom was in the front yard. She wasn't. I was a little concerned maybe the little girl was alone?
So I talked with her a little. She was looking for little kids to play with, even though she was going back to her dad's house in 3 days to start school again. She said she comes back here for summer because "my parents are fighting."

I felt so bad for her. Most of the kids on the block are preteens. I told her I wasn't sure where the kids lived.
Her mom and her boyfriend came out front a few minutes later, and she went back home. I heard her mom ask if she had met any kids yet. She said no.


Poor little thing. I might be a prude, but I did think it a little weird to let a 5yr old girl go look for friends, alone,at 7pm at night. Luckily our block is full of trusting people, but the next few streets are full of real characters, and I think there is someone on the offender registry nearby too.

Anyway, she made me sad.