My Sweet Girl ... My Sad Girl

A couple weeks after we moved D & E sent letters to their old classes in Saskatoon. They, especially Darby, were missing them terribly! She has asked every day since we sent the letter if there was any mail from "Caswell." Today there was!!! D's class all wrote individual letters to her and E's wrote a poster-sized letter and each of the kids signed it themselves! Some more legible than others!! It was sooo sweet to see them get so excited and to hear how they, D & E, have been terribly missed! Jarem and I discussed how this would affect the kids ... Well, I soon found out. I had heard Darby go into her room some time later and was being awfully quiet. I knocked on her door, to which there was no response. I opened it up and there she was on her bed, tears streaming down her face while holding her class picture from Caswell. The hardest part of being a mother, is seeing your child so terribly sad and upset and not being able to do a thing about it. I could not be strong today. I joined her.