I headed off to work today, leaving Z in charge of the kids without me for the first time. I told her to call or text with any problems. I checked my phone a lot. Nothing.
I got home a bit late (grr, traffic) and found everyone in the living room, listening to a book on tape. My arrival home was a total nonevent for M&R. Good sign. Z was all smiles. It seems that everyone had a great day. We had a nice dinner together, I solved a "problem" with the dryer (you have to hold the button in to get it to start; a quick push is not enough), and sweet Maddie was begging to go to bed at 7 p.m. I heard Maddie and Riley speaking more Spanish tonight than I have in a long time, and Z reports that they used quite a bit of Spanish with her today, which seems to have helped them all.
I gave Z a little gift tonight in honor of a successful first day: two chocolate bars and a compact, folding polka-dot umbrella. She'll need both in the days ahead. Today gives me the sense that we're all where we're supposed to be.
Moi
- Snickollet
- I'm a mother and a widow, and a whole lot of other things. Here, though, I tend to write about parenting, grief, and their intersection.
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9 comments:
Yay!! So glad the first day went well! Here's to many more to come :)
Wow! You must have felt a huge sense of relief! :-)
Woot!
Wonderful! It sounds like all your hard work finding her will pay off. I love your first day gift too - so sweet!
Dana
I'm so happy to read this. May this be the start of finally getting a bit more settled after the last few months of transition.
Wonderful! I need a Z at my house. And a job.
Awesome. Great thinking with the chocolate.
Yay! Happy for you all!
I'm clearly spending too much time on Facebook these days, because I wanted to "like" this post.
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