12/13/12

Since she has been having a hard time at school the last 2 weeks, Maya and I talked about it yesterday, and we made a plan for today as her teacher suggested. I would sit in the mom area for a few minutes. Then I would giver her the 5 minute warning that I was leaving, and then she and I would do something special together. When the 5 minutes was up, she would walk me to the gate and I would go. She asked me to come back before the goodbye song and I agreed. The first thing she did when she woke up today was say " I dont want you to leave me at school" and burst into tears. It went on like this all day until school. SHe would be fine for a few minutes, then would say the same thing and cry. So we followed the plan, and she still cried on and off for me, but as long as she had a project to focus on, she would stop crying and be ok for a bit. She wrote me another letter today, and was working on a sticker project when I returned. I will also be adding a second job 4 nights a week starting Monday (Im returning to my old stomping grounds All Star Travel where I worked until the day before I went into labor). She will be with Pedja during that time. This is alot for her at once, and we are trying to be as compassionate and empathetic as possible. But shes very brave and Im very proud of her.