Making friends, meeting a new teacher, riding the bus, and small class sizes, these are the things that kindergarten is all about! This is one reflection of today. The good news was Ralph was off to join Chantel and I at her school. The bad news was the reason why he was off.
Today started at 3 a.m. with a phone call from Ralph's "Step-sister" Diane. She told me that her dad had passed on at 2:16 A.M. this morning. She had received a call from the hospital. I was shocked. Ralph C. had just gone back into the hospital, but I had no indication that he was in that bad of a condition until later in the day, today.
So the day consisted in lots of phone calls. E-mails to and from friends for prayer and encouragement. Ralph going to tell his mom the news at about 6:30 A.M., after waiting around for about an hour to get her up.
Next, going to Chantel's school and hearing about all the excitement of the year ahead. We were so thrilled. We even got to meet her teacher today. The sad thing was to give her the news that Chantel will be missing her second day of school and hand in an excuse blank. Chantel enjoyed everything about her class, meeting a new friend, Katie. Also, meeting her teacher and feeling like she understands how shy Chantel is. According to the principal, her class should only have about 12-15 students at the most in it. So we are excited about the small size which will help her to learn and grow and develop friendships more easily!
Oh, before we left school, we finally broke the news to Chantel about her "Pop Pop" dying. Her response, so he's in Heaven with Dion, my parents dog that died earlier this year. (An interesting connection, but she does relate well with animals. ) Later in the day she made a card for Grammy and told us that she missed Pop Pop. She also prayed for Grammy as she misses Pop Pop in her pre-bedtime prayers!
We will see if Tuesday goes so smoothly. It is her second funeral she attended. The first one was this summer, one of Ralph's uncles, who she didn't know very well. It was a good way for her to go through the motions without all the emotions of knowing the person, just to see how she would take it. She did well!
Finally, we went shopping to Wal-Mart and enjoyed a final family meal during the day, during the week at Subway! Chantel loves eating at Subway!
1 comment:
I'm glad Chantel is excited about school. I hope her first day went well! Audrey says thanks for the birthday card, by the way. Also, I'm sorry to hear about Ralph's step-dad. Sounds like it was kind of sudden. And probably hard for Ralph to have to break the news to his mom... anyway, you will be in my prayers tomorrow.
Amy
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