Sad Girl

So the last post was about how well Madi is doing - and she is doing well.  But she is missing you guys like crazy.  I think that the short phone calls the last two weeks have left her missing just hearing your voices or getting time with you.  This isn't to make you feel guilty!  Obviously you have school and things to do.  It's just to say that your little girl misses you and any time spent with you - even just hearing your voice - would be wonderful.

She came downstairs tonight and was crying quite a bit.  Just missing you guys.  We gave her big hugs and asked her if she'd like to call Poppi - as he has a way of calming her.  She was able to talk to both your mom and dad for a little while.  We didn't ask her to talk to us, but told her that if she wanted to talk, we were available.  She looked as though she just wanted to vent emotionally and wasn't really wanting to talk which was fine.  She just said she was really sad.  And we told her that it's a perfectly normal emotion and that it was ok if she needed to cry and that she shouldn't feel bad about it.  We didn't say it in a mean way, but just validating her need to express how she felt emotionally.  We were able to get her to crack a smile and giggle very little at some silly things and then she went upstairs to read a little bit.

We recommended that she pray or write in her journal or even talk to Ms. T, the counselor, tomorrow at school.  Just so that she has some outlets to go to when she can't talk to you and is missing you - ways to cope.

I'm hoping you don't feel guilty by this, but that you know that any time you can give her is time that she truly, truly loves.  Even if you're not talking about much of anything.  Just your voice.  Or seeing you.  And knowing that you are ok, helps her.

Love you!