Last Minute Wishes
Diva Girl is flitting between her toast, the television, and her new outfit, unable to settle down to one particular thing. I keep shooing her peanutbutter sticky fingers away from her clothes, but I don't think that's the source of the butterflies in my stomach.
I want this year to be good to my baby. I want to send her off on a wonderful adventure every morning, confident that her wild, difficult spirit is being nurtured and fulfilled. I'm not too concerned about the academic stuff; she's a smart kid, and she'll figure it out. The social scene, however, terrifies me. Sabrina doesn't really have a stellar track record in that area and, more than anything, I just don't want her to have another year like last year. A year spent chasing the "popular" girls, kowtowing to them in the hopes that they will take pity on her and let her play.
It's not like she doesn't make friends. The past two years, she's formed very close friendships with little girls in her class. Little girls who inevitably move away sometime in October. This year, all I really want is for that girl, whoever she is, to stick around and be my daughter's friend. More than a straight A report card or some sort of sporting accomplishment, what I want for this year is for Sabrina to find a best friend.
Well, time to go see what the day brings.
Comments
I feel your baby girl's pain. I grew up in a military family which meant I NEVER finished a whole school year in the same school. I moved constantly which meant I always left friends behind. I didn't find my "best friend" until the 6th grade. Her best friend just moved away and I just moved into the neighborhood. I know it is hard to see your little girl go through these things, just let her know that is great even if she is not hanging out with "the cool kids".
Oh my goodness I am just think of dealing with this same thing in my blog...This parenting thing is way too hard. How do you shelter your baby from these matters.. this is stuff that they have to go through and yet I wish we could.
I hope your little girl gets her friend. I am sure she will.
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this is stuff that they have to go through and yet I wish we could fix it for them.
Good luck to Diva Girl! I worry about my daughter in a similar way, although she does have one constant best friend. But there are three girls in her class who pick on her, and I'm just hoping they've all moved away this year!
