Sad

I came home from Parent Teacher Conferences...deflated and sad.  I was very happy that T's had went well.  She is a little bit head strong so I worried about her behavior but she is doing excellent academically and socially. But as happy as I was for T it made K's conference with her teacher all the more troubling.

T is a wonderful child!  She has always been so kind and obedient.  She truly cares about people.  She goes beyond sympathetic which is just feeling sorry or sad for someone, but she is empathetic...truly feeling their pain and trying her best to help change things.  She is happy and funny.  I've never seen anyone make friends like she does.  It doesn't matter if we are at the pool or the park and if the child is 2 or 12 she can instantly make friends anywhere she goes with anyone.

I don't think K's teacher Mrs. L sees any of that. 

I try to put myself in Mrs. L's place.  Parent teacher week is stressful and tiring and  we were her last appointment of the day.  But I keep replaying the conversation in my mind and she didn't say one positive thing about my sweet girl.  And I realize that K's struggles are all she sees.  And because she struggles Mrs. L is frustrated with her.

I cry as I write this.  When I heard Mrs. L talk about how K repeats the instructions instantly I knew she was trying to understand and remember them.  She wasn't be rude or smart-alek-y...she was doing her best to comprehend.