Cute..........

Child in mourning.............

My child is devastated two of his closest friends (twin brothers) in his class at school were burnt to death in the orphanage fire Tuesday morning. He is so brave so grown up but so little, what a hard life lesson to learn when you have just turned 13. He has been friends with them since Grade 4 . My life lesson is this when your child is hurting like this you can't "fix" it. If they fall down and get hurt you can do something to let it heal, this you cannot fix, even though with my whole being I wish I could make it better I can't. It is very sore to hurt for your child and feel his pain and not be able to take it away. He has learnt a lot this week about grief and anger etc. The school was very proactive and they got a pastor to come and council the class and that he said made him feel better. He talks about J & J at times and at other times he doesn't want too. All in all he is doing well and he asks questions etc and he and his class mates chat a lot about it on mxit and at school, they are supporting one another which is great. I'm sorry T that this happened and I'm sorry for the twins and their little sister and all the other burn victims. My heart goes out to the orphans who survived the fire and to the twins mother who lost three children all at once. RIP J & J & N..............

It's offical..................teenager in the house........

It’s official, I am no longer just a single mom, I am a single mom to a teenager. My “baby” is thirteen today, and it went so fast. Everyone says it does but it sounds like a cliché, genuinely it flew. I miss the little “t” that tiny boy that could fit in a bucket, that couldn’t reach the kitchen counters, that could sit on my lap and watch tv or read a book. The little fellow that said “comfstable” instead of comfortable and used his “cumberella” when it rained. He always never used the wrong words after I told him the right ones so sometimes I didn’t tell him for a while :-). If these thirteen years went so fast how fast are the next five going to be to 18 and then 21? It is somewhat scary to think about it…………Happy Birthday T..........