April 28, 2005
A warm, first day
A little girl with short brown hair approached Tara as she stood next to me in front of her cubby at her new pre-school. "This is our new friend," the smiling teacher said. Tara stared intently, two toddlers eye-to-eye.
Going there this morning was probably harder for me than for her. She was a real trooper, after the initial five minutes of tears when I left. She played outside, snacked, listened to the piano player in music class. It's a friendly, colorful, warm, welcoming environment, almost nothing like the gray, dim orphanage that she's used to. I called twice to check on her. I want to make sure she realizes that I will always come back for her. What's in the mind of a 2 year old who was once abandoned?
At 3:15, the call came in from the pre-school. Tara has a fever. I picked her up right away, hugged her so tight, gave her some medicine, she is doing fine now. I asked her about school. She repeated, "schoooool." I asked her if she liked her school. "Yes," she replied. She is a courageous little girl.
Posted by Laura at April 28, 2005 05:42 PMPosted to Tara's Story
Looks like she's adjusting beautifully again. Timing seems just right. The school sounds like Tara's luck is just going on and on. She certainly is a prize; deserves you and your family, Laura! (and vice-versa!)
...aunt ellen
Awwww! Poor little tyke. She probably picked up some germ on the plane to the US--the one where we were all sitting on top of each other breathing each other's air(at least the plane I was on.) Yuck. Hope she's ok. I'm glad she liked school. I think she'll get used to the idea that you're always coming back pretty fast--all the other kids get picked up by parents, too...and it is very different from the orphanage! I second that observation!
Posted by: sally at April 29, 2005 08:44 AMPS: she is really picking up the English fast!!!
Posted by: sally at April 29, 2005 09:09 AM