Terrible Awful Day!

So, Grace came in from school yesterday and I heard the tears as she entered the backdoor….not loud, but very sad. She came in a sat on the couch and said it was a “Terrible Awful Day!” There is a little girl in her class that had been bullied and it was very upsetting to Grace that people could be so mean.  I asked her if she needed something cool to drink since she looked so hot from the bike ride home. She looked up at me with big tears in her eyes and said….

“No, I think I need a life coach!”

I giggled softly, she cried. I got her a cold drink with crushed ice, just like she likes. We crawled up on her bed and I held her as she described the terrible awful day and after a little “Mommy and Grace” time life came back into balance for my 8 year old girl. I am not too sure it is as much about “coaching” as it is about a little TLC for all of us in this life.

We need to know we Matter to someone and that we Belong somewhere.

We need a safe place to let go of the tears we have carried throughout the day or sometimes a lifetime.

And two arms to wrap us up in when we need to be held tight or a hand to help us up when we have fallen or lost our way.

As Dorothy said…”There’s no place like home.” But home might not be under a certain roof or address, home at times it’s just a comfortable, safe feeling that we get with someone when we know we are deeply loved and we feel “Free to be Me”…… It’s then when we know we are home!