College Football Player Sits And Eats Lunch With Autistic Boy

It’s every parent’s worst fear that their child won’t make any friends or will be left out when sending them back to school each year, which is why one Florida mom was crushed to find out that her son usually has so one to sit with at lunch.

Leah Paske describes her son Bo as a super sweet child ‘who always has a smile and a hug for everyone he meets.’ However, he has autism, and has struggled to make friends in middle school because of it. “I do remember middle school being scary, and hard. Now that I have a child starting middle school, I have feelings of anxiety for him, and they can be overwhelming if I let them,” Leah wrote in a post to Facebook, which has since gone viral.

Usually, however, Leah’s son barely notices the lunches spent eating alone or the missing birthday party invitations. “Sometimes I’m grateful for his autism. That may sound like a terrible thing to say, but in some ways I think, I hope, it shields him. He doesn’t seem to notice when people stare at him when he flaps his hands. He doesn’t seem to notice that he doesn’t get invited to birthday parties anymore. And he doesn’t seem to mind if he eats lunch alone.”

“It’s one of my daily questions for him. Was there a time today you felt sad? Who did you eat lunch with today? Sometimes the answer is a classmate, but most days it’s nobody. Those are the days I feel sad for him, but he doesn’t seem to mind,” said Leah, who can’t help but worry about Bo.

 But those worries disappeared one afternoon when a friend sent her a picture of her son at lunch. “‘Travis Rudolph is eating lunch with your son’ I replied ‘who is that?’ He said ‘FSU football player’, then I had tears streaming down my face. Travis Rudolph, a wide receiver at Florida State, and several other FSU players visited my son’s school today.”

“I’m not sure what exactly made this incredibly kind man share a lunch table with my son, but I’m happy to say that it will not soon be forgotten. This is one day I didn’t have to worry if my sweet boy ate lunch alone, because he sat across from someone who is a hero in many eyes. Travis Rudolph thank you so much, you made this momma exceedingly happy, and have made us fans for life!”

Watch the entire video below to see the touching way this football player reacted when he found out how much his kind gesture meant to a little boy and his mother, and please SHARE this awesome moment with friends and family on Facebook.

[Featured image: Facebook/Leah Paske]

College Football Player Sits And Eats Lunch With Autistic Boy is an article from: LifeDaily