The Storyteller hugged me back today. He had gone down to the coffee house by himself, picked up a soda and a cookie and a cookie for me. I said thank you and embraced him. I expected an angry pushing away or a cold sarcastic "beep!"
School has been hard for him. Before school, my illness and the resulting disruptions to our lives were very hard on him. He built up an angry wall against the world. He has been cold, snotty, at times violent.
Homeschooling has been doing a world of good for him. The stability of living within a larger family unit that is resistant to my illness-- that did a world of good for him too. But he and school were incompatible, and he was stressed, and I had to take him out to really make it better.
He is better. He hugged me back. He's going to be okay.
School has been hard for him. Before school, my illness and the resulting disruptions to our lives were very hard on him. He built up an angry wall against the world. He has been cold, snotty, at times violent.
Homeschooling has been doing a world of good for him. The stability of living within a larger family unit that is resistant to my illness-- that did a world of good for him too. But he and school were incompatible, and he was stressed, and I had to take him out to really make it better.
He is better. He hugged me back. He's going to be okay.
This is a great reminder of a reason I am glad we homeschool.
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