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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
What do I know about hard?
I keep thinking about what I wrote and how pitiful I sound. I have it so easy compared to so many people. I am grateful that I don't have more difficult challenges. Sometimes it just makes me feel better to complain.
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Is he doing any better? Emily was so excited to have him there and heartbroken that he wasn't in her class. Hopefully they see each other and I hope he is happy. Tell him we are glad to have him there...especially Emily.
Aw, don't be so hard on yourself. You didn't sound pitiful at all, it sounded like a pretty genuine challenge.
I have this same thing--I think it's too easy to compare day-to-day struggles to stuff in like, I dunno, third-world countries and then conclude that my own problems "don't matter." But they do matter, in my own sphere. Especially kid-related stuff. It just appeals to the most primary part of your emotions, on such a visceral level, that it can be really hard to know if you're being rational about any of it.
It's all perspective, you know?
I hope it ultimately works out for him. We had to transfer L a couple of times, for various reasons, in preschool and then kindergarten...by the time she got to first grade she had already been to like four schools, five if you count the preschool she was attending when I was going to PSU. It was pretty hard on her at first (espcially in kindergarten...she always had these mysterious tummy aches and would go to the office to ask to get sent home) but she is very happy at her current school. It just took a lot of nagging and/or hand-holding.
Britta, thanks for your comments. I really do worry when I compare myself to third world countries. I worry that I am a selfish person to complain. Your words helped me.
I wish they would have outdoor recess so that Ky could play with Emily and feel like he was having more fun.
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