Today was so much better than the last few days have been. Really quite crazy how up and down and right and left tweens are in their behaviors and emotions. We were able to have some good conversations last night and today which helped ease Madi's nervousness over all the change that will be coming soon. She's got a lot on her mind and is trying to figure out how things are going to work out and what will happen and just wants to know she'll be ok. So we talked about the things that will remain the same. And as Ed, my friend and school counselor, says: "Kids want to know that they are loved, that they will be looked after and that everything is going to be ok." So I've tried to really remind her that no matter what happens, she will be safe and secure and taken care of. And that she is very much loved and wanted.
It has been really good for Madi to be able to express how she is feeling as she tends to bottle up her emotion and not talk about her feelings ever. She is finally starting to be able to express "I am mad because..." or "I'm worried because..." It's a really great thing that she is starting to open up more about her emotions and being able to deal with them outwardly instead of inwardly.
She turned in her third project for this six weeks today. Did one the last three weekends. The projects weren't due until this Friday, but now she's totally finished and doesn't have much work to do which is great! We can all relax for a few weeks - yea!!!
Madi had her first choir rehearsal today. It went really well! The kids were more chatty than usual on the first day, but they also sang so incredibly well! There are 47 students on Mondays and 41 students on Fridays which means the choir is nice and big and will sound awesome. I'm excited that you'll be back in time to hear Madi sing at the basketball game as well as her holiday concerts. That will mean so much to her!!
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