First: thank you from the bottom of my heart for the phone calls and the emails and the comments about my last post.  I truly appreciate your thoughtfulness and love.  I am blessed to have all of you in my life!

Now, for the news of the day.  Abigail did not shed a single tear before school this morning or during drop-off.  It did not require age-appropriate playdates or additional quality time with me.  And it certainly did not require visits to therapists or doses of anti-depressants.

Once my head finally cleared yesterday, I sat down and really thought about my little girl.  And I realized something about her.  She loves, absolutely loves, to do things for other people.  So, I had a eureka moment.  I called her into the room and asked her if she wanted to make some cookies for all the teachers at her preschool and take them to school today.  She was thrilled!  Yesterday, we made up the dough.  Last night we cut them out and baked them.  This morning we decorated them and packaged them up in cute little Halloween bags.  Abigail put them all in a bucket and delivered them to everyone at school.  The smile on her face was radiant.  She was so excited to go to school; she couldn’t wait to get there.  And me?  Well, I am relieved that she’s once again my happy little schoolgirl.  I was once again reminded that when you’re feeling sad, the best thing you can do to pull yourself out of it is to do something nice for someone else.  If we have to make cookies and treats for someone every day for the rest of the year to make her school days easier, well, it seems a small price to pay for such a huge reward.

I hope you all have a wonderful day!