I just got a call from the medical emergency company of "I've fallen and I can't get up!" fame. Seriously, how did they know? No, I'm not in mortal physical peril but I am an emotional puddle. I put my eldest daughter on a bus to sleep away camp on Monday (at her request) and they called last night to say that she was very homesick and basically when she wasn't playing paintball or riding ATVs or flying down a water slide, she was crying.
Now this kid is tough as nails. She plays goalkeeper in premiere level soccer. She never cries and has never been homesick. I keep thinking back to England a few weeks ago when we visited Stonehenge and she declared it, "not bad for a pile of rocks", appalling a British visitor next to her in line. Seeing the look on his face, I declared "Stupid American!" at which point all three of us lost it. How can this funny, happy-go-lucky, adventurous epitome of grace be so sad that she is unable to stop crying in public?!!! And what should I do about it?!!
I couldn't think of any advice other than maybe giving her something to help her sleep but the counselor - who bizarrely just graduated from my Alma mater in the UK (small world!) - made it clear that she was there to give comfort and would update me daily (ie. she didn't need my advice). Today's update: more of the same.
I've fallen and I can't get up.
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