October 1, 2009

Broken Heart

Every night Will gets a blessing. It has really been a great thing for him and has helped him a lot. He has been doing awesome in school for the last three weeks.
Tonight in his blessing, he was blessed to look for those that are friendless and be a friend to them. Afterwards, he looked into my eyes and said, "Mom, I am the friendless one."
My heart broke.

All we want for our kids is for them to succeed and be happy. How do you tell your 7 year old that it's o.k. when he feels that he doesn't have any friends. What do you say when he tells you that every recess he just sits on the swings by himself.

I want to wrap my arms around him and never, never let him go. I want to swing with him at recess. I want him to be 2 years old again and be attached to my hip everywhere I go. We are the ones to make everything all better. What happens when I can't make it all better?

I don't think I am going to like this growing up thing as much as I thought I would.