Back To School

After keeping JS home for a week, she’s back to school again today. Though she has often mentioned about school last week when she was home, but when I sent her there today I can see there’s some gloominess in her face. Although she has been very good girl at school today and never cried when I drop her off. Last week when she was home, she’s such a different person, I can sense the cheerfulness in her by the way she talks and acts. Today she’s just different, but I try not to make notice in front of her and treated her just like any other day.

When I picked her up from school, she has got this goody bag. Perhaps one of the kids celebrated his/her birthday with the school again. WH saw the bag and tagged along his sister with this longing look in his eyes. It’s quite pity to see him like that and it melts my heart. But as a mum, I guess I have to be neutral in the sense that I can only encourage JS to share her goodies and not force her of sharing, because she got her rights to keep her things and also I don’t want her to feel that I’m siding on her little brother. As for WH, no matter how protective I wanted to be, I still need to train him to be able to fight and fence for himself.

I do not have any older sibling myself, but I can understand the hurt of being shun by one older sibling. And I wonder when I was young have I been treating my little brother like that or have I always been generous and loving to him.