Read One Mom's Touching Thank You Letter to a Teenage Skateboarder After He Helped Her Daughter | Sojourners

Read One Mom's Touching Thank You Letter to a Teenage Skateboarder After He Helped Her Daughter

Twitter / Jeanean Thomas
Photo via Twitter / Jeanean Thomas

When Jeanean Thomas' 6-year-old daughter Peyton walked up to the local skatepark, she felt a little uncomfortable. The park was full of teenage boys smoking and swearing, and all Peyton wanted to do was skate.

"Mom, it's full of older boys," she said.

Thomas was nervous too, but encouraged her daughter, saying, "So what, they don't own the skate park."

Inevitably, one of the older boys approached Peyton, and Thomas prepared to deliver her "She's allowed to use this park just as much as you guys' speech."

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