A bit after we had gotten home from school this afternoon, Matthew volunteered some shocking information.
He has a classmate D and several months ago he mentioned that her mother was sick, although, he didn't seem to know what was wrong with her. I filed it in the back of my mind and didn't think much of it since then.
Today he said that D's mother died last night. I was so shocked and saddened. How cruel to lose your mother at eight years old. I called his teacher and talked to her a bit about the situation. She took over 30 minutes of class time to talk with the students and share their feelings. They looking up information in the Bible and prayed. They're trying to best figure out how to help D as a class when she returns to school.
This is a situation you never really think about addressing when your child skips off to their first day of Kindergarten.
A second issue is that the teacher shared with me that one of the other student's mothers is getting ready to have brain surgery. My gosh. It's the mother of one of Matthew's best little girl friends. They've known each other since babies practically. We've not spent as much time together at church since the children are older but she has worked in IF clinics in the area so we kind of had that little IF bond thing going on a bit. Plus they're just nice people. I'll be praying for her tonight as well.
Lastly, there was a new boy that started up at this school brand new for third grade. Matthew noted that I would be attending a different school next week for a test week and might never come back. This is a friend that Matthew has spoken of often. We met his parents at back to school night and they all seemed very nice. I would suppose that they feel the school isn't such a great fit but I'm biased and think how could it not LOL!
I always have lofty ideas that each new year is going to bring wonderful peace and harmony in all things. But it doesn't really. In our minds as humans it's an opportunity to set a firm time for a new start but in the grand universe, it doesn't really mean a thing at all. January 1 is just another day as the earth spins on its axis and turns around the sun.
Not a very uplifting blog but I'm feeling kind of sad tonight. The stark reality of death and a life cut short takes the spark out. But it also reminds me how fragile and fleeting life can be so I hug my kids and husband a little closer and thank God fully for each day that we have together.
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