Two young boys in the seats in front of us were restless, especially the youngest who appeared to be about two  or three years old, who did not want to stay in his seat.  The older one, perhaps 4 or 5 years old, was much quieter.   I wanted to help.  Their young mother cajoled the younger one with treats and gentle threats but to no avail.  I wanted to help, and finally it occurred to me that I had a little tablet and a pen in my purse.  I handed them to the mother, who gave it to her younger child.   He did not want it.  His mother suggested that he give it back to me,  and explain that he did not want it.  So I received it back.

  And having heard that their names both began with J, I wrote J on  the tablet.  I asked the older child if he knew what this was.  He said It was a J. then I wrote down several letters at his request, making a word out of them if I could.

 Here are some of the words I wrote.  This game lasted for about 40 minutes.  Then the boys fell asleep until landing.   Their mother pointed out to me that they were, “Like angels.”