As I watch Mateo growing, I realize that he seems to want friends with a despiration that I have never seen in anything before. He tries so hard to make people notice him, and the more he tries the more he is overlooked. It makes me so sad, but there is little I can do. Mateo has taken to trying to make friends with the very earth itself, which I don't think will do him much good. Still, he tries and it seems to make him happy, so I refuse to try and stop him.