Today has been a bit of a tough day! Elijah went to school as usual this morning and seemed to be fine. At about 11:00 this morning his teacher called and was very concerned about him. He had started to cry and was asking about Nick. He would say, “I want Nick”…”where is Nick?” She said this went on for about 30 minutes. Trevor and I both went up to the school to see if he would talk to us about anything. When we got there he had calmed down and never mentioned Nick to us. He did want to go home with us but we talked with him and loved on him a lot and he realized he had to stay at school and Momma would be back to get him in a couple hours. This situation was so very strange. We do not talk about Nick in any detail to Elijah. He does know who Nick is when he sees his picture and when asked where Nick is Elijah will say, “In Russia.” We have told Elijah that we are going to try and bring Nick home so they can play together. We keep all of our talk very simple about Nick and in fact we do not bring the matter up around Elijah often. Perhaps it is all starting to “register” with Elijah. Because of Elijah’s language delays it is difficult to ask him questions as to “why” he was crying about Nick. We can only assume what might have triggered his feelings. After I picked Elijah up from school he wanted to come straight home. I was going to Sonic to get him a snack and he started to cry and say he wanted to go home. This was very unusual! The rest of the evening he was very fussy and wanted me to hold him or at least be in the same room with him. He seemed to be afraid for me to leave him. When Trevor came home from work he and Elijah played for a long time while I fixed dinner. Elijah enjoyed that a lot! I think he needed his daddy. We put him to bed at 7:30 and usually he will go right to sleep. Tonight he stayed awake for at least an hour or so. Didn’t cry…just was restless. He is sleeping very soundly now. I pray he has a much better day tomorrow. Bless his little heart. He is our precious little boy and has endured so much in his four years. He could have had a memory of Nick today that sparked his emotional outburst at school. Who knows? Only God does and we know He will take care of Elijah and give him peace and a much better day tomorrow.

Blessings,

Wendi

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