I am not sure that my heart could have been any sadder tonight!!! Jody called me when he was picking up Autumn and told me that Autumn was crying and didn't want to come home. I was kind of frustrated . . .I thought we were past this point. We agreed that when we got home we would talk to her and tell her that tantrums are not acceptable and the next time there would be a punishment. As I sat and talked to her, I found the root of the problem. It wasn't really coming home that she was upset about, so much as a broken heart from an appointment unkept. Autumn's mom was supposed to take her out to dinner, but came down with a cold and did not want to get Autumn sick, not to mention she felt crummy. In the past there have been numerous occasions where her mom said she would be somewhere and wouldn't show up or promised a phone cal and then didn't call. Although this time the reason was completely ligit (I heard her on the phone last night and she sounded miserable). Unfortunately with the history of unkept appointments, Autumn's heart was broken that she was not going to get to see her mom again.
I think Autumn has a hard time processing her anger and sadness. We talked about it and I told her it is ok to be angery or sad and it is ok to cry. It is not acceptable, however, to throw a temper tantrum when it is time to go home. I told her when she is upset, to come and tell me and then we would work through it and she could cry and she could be alone in her room, is she wanted and process her emotions. My heart was just broken as I watched her hurt.
She is doing much better now, but please, please pray for her healing through all this.
Serving Him,
Jess
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