Oct 13 2010
I miss you too.
This week Annada and Daddy are on their own while I am at a conference. Honestly, I think they are having a blast. Today Marc took her to the bounce house place.
This is the first time Annada really seemed to understand that I was leaving.
Sunday night as I was rocking her before bed I told her I was going to fly on a plane.
“Fly on plane! Fly on a Plane!” Annada shouted out in glee. “Okay.”
“And Mommy will fly home Thursday,” I replied.
Annada stopped her happy dance and sat quietly for a minute. Then she said, “Annada fly home?”
“No. You will have lots of fun with Daddy. I will fly home on Thursday after you are in bed. Friday we will go to Disney.”
(Another moment of silence.)
Suddenly I realize Annada has big quiet tears. Then in a quiet voice, “Mommy fly home. Miss Mommy. Miss Mommy.”
We sat and rocked and talked about me leaving for a week. She would get upset then I would remind her I would be back Friday and she would calm down. A few minutes later she would ask again, “Mommy fly home?”
Monday morning I was gone before Annada woke up. Marc said when he came in to get her she was laying on her back. “Miss mommy,” she said, as he walked in.