It's been an exciting week filled with birthday parties, new hair cuts and clothes and a new school year. Compared to where I was a year ago, I have had to step back and thank God that I'm not only still here :-), but I've made some big improvements.
Last year I was unable to attend Sydney's birthday party and this year I not only went but got a chance to visit. Sydney kept asking me all week if I was still coming. I guess we all have a hard time getting our hopes up. Tuesday was a meet and greet the teacher/see the new school and it was so crazy there but we managed to stay a whole 20 minutes :-). Wednesday was the first day and I took both Sydney and Spencer to their bus stops, took pictures, gave hugs and high fives feeling so thankful to be able to participate in that experience again. I was however thankful for today because Bob was able to take those duties over so that I can start recovering from all the excitement.
My energy is still low and I tire really easily...mentally and physically. But, its no sacrifice to save my energy for bus and lunch duty :p!
We have some other exciting news that we are waiting for more confirmation on. My brother has a job interview over in Spokane on Monday and may possibly be moving here much sooner than we expected. He obviously needs to go through the process and see if its a good fit, but just the idea of living in the same state as my brother and his family brings me great joy. Unfortunately for me, but fortunately for him I won't be close enough to borrow and break his things or ask to "tag along" on his golf outings. But, close enough that we can drop by and I can give him a hard time. It will be a lot of fun.
Many of you have asked about Sydney and I really appreciate that. She is doing okay physically, but emotionally I think the incident caused a lot of fear. She has been experiencing some anxiety attacks at night and scared to close her eyes. So, we are pursuing some counseling for her since it doesn't seem to be getting better. I'm sure my lack of calm in the heat of the moment when it happened didn't help her at all...maybe I need some help too :-). We hope this will help her get some healing and that it won't be something that causes her distress down the road.
Well, here's to another school year, PTA notices and half-eaten lunches! I hope this finds you and your kids enjoying the fall and excited about learning. It seems like they grow up so fast once they hit school. I asked Spencer if he liked his teacher and he said, "Ya". And, I asked him what he liked about her and he said, "I like her hair!" That's my boy :-).
Blessings, Tanya
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment