Ripples in the Water
Our Griffin is discovering this week that his actions do very much impact those around him in ways he hadn’t expected. Again, this is a lesson that needed to be learned… we just hadn’t expected him to learn it quite this early.
Mike had to cancel his night class Monday evening because we were out looking for Griff, and his class had their final tonight. So Mike had to go in and review before the test, and he hated feeling like he didn’t give that class their proper instruction.
Eliza’s been so very out of sorts all week, and she had such a bad day today at daycare that they had to talk with me when I went to get her. And I know that it’s just the stress she feels around her but doesn’t understand.
Griff’s class is going on a field trip tomorrow, and I had to explain to him that some people may think that he tried to run away and will be watching him especially closely to make sure he doesn’t try again. I explained that we believe him but that he has to understand that it’s up to him to earn the trust that he broke with his actions.
And my heart breaks for him. But it also swells with thankfulness when I see his little face and hear his little voice. How precious to have him with us.
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