10/18/2021
📚AND THEY’RE OFF! (Gotta love Claire and her picture-perfect expressions 😆😆)
First day back at school since rocked our world! It’s been 7.5 weeks since the twins last saw their classroom, their teachers, or their peers.
Lots of c h a n g e s !
12:30-5:00pm school day. Different campus while their school continues its own repairs. Adjustments to our home & work schedules to accommodate.
There was some anxiety last night about going back today, and it definitely broke my momma heart hearing their concerns (and some tears), but they’re all valid feelings and certainly important to talk through!
A school they’ve never been to, nervous they won’t find their classrooms, unsure if they’ll get recess time, not knowing how many of their peers would be coming back, scared they wouldn’t remember what they learned in August, anxious if the bus would pick them up on time or not…all heavy stuff for 6-year-olds.
After talking through their fears as well as some positive things to look forward to, we ended the night as we do every other: with a prayer and our nighttime affirmations.
We say together:
“I am smart.
I am kind.
I am brave.
I am strong.
I am beautiful.
I am blessed.
And I am LOVED.”
These two are no doubt all of that and more, and though this season of life is not without its challenges, my girls are a FORCE of resilience, adaptability, and HOPE. I pray their first day is kind to them and that they know how proud I am to be their momma 🥲.
