“Mom, can we snuggle?”
“Of course Cassie, are you okay?”
“I’m sad because I won’t see my friends here for awhile.”
“It’s okay to be sad honey, do you want to cry a little?”
Emotions. They are healthy, good, and help us to really experience life to the full. The challenge with our life, leaving and travelling to so many places, is that our kids naturally have to experience separation a lot more. Our goal is that they truly learn to feel the feelings of sadness, and also the love and joy of new friends, without shutting down their emotions, hardening. Pray for us to have wisdom as parents- and of course to not shut ourselves down as we constantly meet wonderful friends, deepen our own friendships and open ourselves up to more pain when the separation comes.
Thumbs Down for Goodbyes!
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