"DON'T MAKE ME GO!!!!!"
"I JUST WANNA STAY HOME WITH YOU!!!!"
Every school morning since I started the new job, this is what is yelled at me until we hit the sidewalk outside of the building.
"Please, mama....."
"I'll be good and we can take a nap..."
"No one is nice to me...they make fun of me....they won't play with me...."
"I wanna go home."
Every school morning since I started the new job, this is stuck between big, sad tears and fingers white from squeezing my hand.
She plants her feet like a mule. I drag her by her backpack straps.
She turns and walks back toward the car. I chase her down and carry her while she does the "limp noodle" I thought she had abandoned years ago.
Every morning, for a week, we have our showdown on the first grade hall. And, every morning, I claim the empty victory of leaving my baby in tears with relative strangers who can't understand the pain we're feeling.
Yesterday, after completing her reading assignment, Maya decided to read another book to me while I made dinner.
Yeah, she's not one for subtlety.
Mama mama misses Maya too.
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