Our First Visit to New Mexico!

Tomorrow we leave to go visit my daughter for the first time since she has been in New Mexico. It’s been a long time, about 8 weeks. She is very excited to have us visit. I’m a bit nervous. I don’t want to be as sad as I was the when we took her, that was so, so hard! And I’m afraid of her showing her “normal” behaviors like she had at home…..she hasn’t been doing that much there.

I’m excited to see her though. I miss her so much!

She has already come a long way. She is generally much calmer and more “together” when we talk to her in the evenings. She finally let down from saying everything was “OK” or “Fine” and started to really tell us how she was feeling about things there. She hasn’t said anything about how she feels about being there yet.

My son is doing quite well at home without her. He is truly blossoming and coming into his own. I do see behaviors he learned from her and we are working on those. The good thing is that he learns from experience, listens, and understands when he has stepped over the line.

I am getting used to just one child around, I get bored! Amazing!

We started homeschooling this week and had 2 good, productive days. Then he and I both got sick (again, this is my third ‘cold/flu’ in 3 weeks!) so we are just taking care of ourselves now. I am excited about school for my son this year. He will get a good solid year of first grade, a very special year, totally focused on him and his work. I will miss doing the more challenging work of 6th grade but that will come in due time.

Karen