It really is amazing to me how much goes on inside the brain of a child. I think sometimes as adults we don’t realize just how much our children take in. We take for granted sometimes how simple life is for them and when things arise sometimes it’s in the strangest form that we begin to see just what they are thinking about and the depth of their thoughts.
Yesterday we had a knock on the door just after dinnertime. It was the little boy from down the street calling for Ehren to come and play. Ehren went upstairs to get changed quickly and he waited for him patiently on the couch. Sydney all of the sudden left the room and went upstairs. We didn’t think anything of it until we heard crying. My husband went to go upstairs to see what it was and there was Sydney coming down the stairs, face red with that hyperventalating cry. She walked with him into the kitchen and tried three times to explain through the tears what was wrong. Unfortunatley we just couldn’t understand her. When we told her to take a few breaths and relax finally the words came a little clearer. In a nutshell, she was terribly upset that Ehren had a friend that came to call on him and she had no one and she missed her old friends. Oh how it broke my heart. So what is a parent to do.
We explained how it’s tough right now because so many people are away at cottages and vacations. We promised that we’d visit some more of the parks and splashpads in the hopes of finding some friends and we reassured her that lots of people would love to be her friend we just have to find them. She calmed down and we ended up all going to the park and playing a good ol’ fashion game of tag on the climber of the new schoolyard; all of us Ehren, New found Friend, Sydney, Mommy and Daddy.
Soon enough I’m sure we’ll be hearing the schoolbell and the buzz of learning will be in the air and before you know it we’ll all meet and make some new friends; at least I hope so because I’m feeling a little lonely myself. Everything in time right?
