Unbelievable!

I did not expect Hans to have a breakdown on the first day of school…in Grade 4! And I didn’t expect to follow suit! The boy was fine over the long weekend as well as this morning.

I was almost tempted to bring him back home with me. But I did not.

First period was French and this was a teacher who had just come back from her one year maternity leave. When I mentioned how sad Hans was, she looked at him and shared that she was sad as well because she left her baby to come back to work. She had tears in her eyes. I quickly gave Hans a hug, and then gave a hug to the teacher as well. I left and didn’t look back.

Got home and realized that I didn’t get to see ASid’s face before he left for the first day of Grade 11. More waterworks followed!

I hope the boys have wonderful days at their respective schools.

When I sat down to write this all out on the computer, I saw this article on Yahoo about parents losing their 6 month old baby because of Hurricane Harvey. That’s a real loss. The French teacher will go back home to her little one after school, and my boys will be home as well. I almost felt stupid to have cried a couple of times today. But then again, we feel what we feel. And I feel better now. I sat down to write a sob story I think and then, I realized it is not the end of my world!

And I hope, somewhere else, some others will feel better soon.