August 3, 2011 Dear Max,

Dear Max,
Alex has an incredible Big Brother.

Alex has watched you go for two years now and has waited patiently to be old enough to go with you. Now that the start of school is just a few weeks away, Alex has started showing a bit of hesitation.

"Max, you'll hold my hand at Abintra, right?" he asked you today.

"No Alex," you quickly replied. "At Abintra we can't hold hands."

You saw the tears forming in your brother's eyes as quickly as we did.

"We can hold hands at our cubbies," you quickly added. "And we can hold hands outside."

The tears went away. The sniffles ended.

You made your brother so happy and we know you'll make him feel so safe at his new school.