Sweetness

[primsong]

There's a new girl in Starflower's class, and true to what she's been taught (always help the new kid), my daughter glomped onto her and they planned a play-date. I took her there this afternoon - turns out they are a foster-parent family with three more in addition to their own two, what a joyous organized chaos. The first thing we saw upon entering was an array of cubbies with names of family members on them - in the very center was a piece of paper on which was written in a pastel blue pen:

Welcome Home my Sweeties!
I have missed you!

Oh what a better world this would be if we could all be welcomed so upon returning to our homes.

Comments

[kimbys-place.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear.
(Is Starflower one of your daughters?)

[primsong.livejournal.com]

My youngest - she prefers it for her online name. My son goes by Bergil, and my eldest who used to be Bluebell is now Evelyn. :-) Who would have thought our entire family would have handles? Even our cat does - she's named Pi after pi, (our great limericker from the fanclub boards)

[meneleth.livejournal.com]

What great parents! And yes, what a wonderful thing for others to emulate, in spirit if not actual pen-and-paper. I put a card in Meg's lunchbox for her first day of high school - Merry & Pippin hoping she's having a great day. She later told me that her friend looked at it and said, "Your mom puts notes in your lunch?" Meg said, "Only sometimes", to which the friend replied, "That's so neat -- and a little scary." lol I suppose some teens find it odd that she's still very 'connected' to her parents. We actually like each other! It's fun to sneak little notes and surprises into her and my sweet hubby's lunches every so often to remind the during the day that they're loved. Some days that's the only smile they get (you know those days!).

[estellye.livejournal.com]

awwww, that's lovely! And your daughter is a darling girl to befriend the new girl! Even if the two of them don't remain close, that's the sort of kindness she'll remember.