Moo, card
Maggie Moo passed away. It has been an awful experience and we (J and I) are slowly recovering. J came back from skiing on Sunday so I told her then. We had a hard afternoon and evening of tears and some laughs about our sweet girl. Monday she had to go back to school (after missing a week) but she was a trooper. Monday night I had to meet my project group so I was gone most of the night. She told me she’d taken her STAR math test that day so I planned on emailing her math teacher Tuesday morning- but he emailed me instead. She scored within the 10th grader range…wow! She was scoring pretty well (mid-to-end of 7th grade range which is average for this time of year) but this was a huge jump. I told her Tuesday night before I went to class- so proud of her! She was studying for the 3 tests she had on Wednesday when I left her Tuesday to go to class. Around 7:15, I called her on my break and she said she was going upstairs to watch some tv- she was putting the books away. (Note- that’s over 4 hours of studying…not unusual for her though. Just a regular day!) She’d made some index cards and asked me if I’d help her study in the morning over breakfast.
So, needless to say, I am incredibly proud of the amazing kid that I have. On my way home from class (10 pm) I stopped at Kroger to get a surprise for her. I got her a card that said “Nailed It!!” (one of her sayings that she has with her math teacher) and put a gift card inside. I wrote how incredibly proud I was of how hard she works- even with her grief and how tired she is from coming home Sunday from a long trip and all the make up work… she’s taking 3 tests that the rest of the kids have had a week to prepare for. Anyway, I wrote how proud I was of how hard she worked and that I know she will do ANYTHING she wants in life because she’ll work harder than anyone else at it. She makes me so proud!
She found the card on her backpack and loved it. I quizzed her while she ate breakfast and then she went off to school. Before I left for work I got a text from her (she must have been on the bus):
“Mom, thanks so much for the card. I am proud of you too, Mom! I love you.”
I am so blessed by this kid.
So, needless to say, I am incredibly proud of the amazing kid that I have. On my way home from class (10 pm) I stopped at Kroger to get a surprise for her. I got her a card that said “Nailed It!!” (one of her sayings that she has with her math teacher) and put a gift card inside. I wrote how incredibly proud I was of how hard she works- even with her grief and how tired she is from coming home Sunday from a long trip and all the make up work… she’s taking 3 tests that the rest of the kids have had a week to prepare for. Anyway, I wrote how proud I was of how hard she worked and that I know she will do ANYTHING she wants in life because she’ll work harder than anyone else at it. She makes me so proud!
She found the card on her backpack and loved it. I quizzed her while she ate breakfast and then she went off to school. Before I left for work I got a text from her (she must have been on the bus):
“Mom, thanks so much for the card. I am proud of you too, Mom! I love you.”
I am so blessed by this kid.