Jared and I have been discussing the idea of moving away. For the obvious reasons a job and money! We have simply been talking about it between ourselves at different times such as at dinner, in the car or just in conversations. Not realizing how much our daughter truly understands, we have only mentioned briefly to her that we are looking for a place to move where daddy will have a job. She has heard us mention “Idaho” and that it is far away from her cousins Olivia, Conner and Kierra.
The other night Jared and I were in her bedroom doing the night time routine with her. But we were talking amongst ourselves and not including her in our conversations. We were saying things such as “Tomorrow we will go and see what Idaho is all about.” “Do you really think we could move there?” “Who should Alayna stay with?” “She will stay here with her cousin Olivia…” It went on and on. Then before we realized that our daughter was standing there with the saddest slouching posture sobbing. She was sniffling and looking straight at us saying, “I want to live with my family…I want to go with you…I want to move with my family.” As I looked in her direction, I realized that she thought we were moving away and leaving her here. My heart broke inside. I felt so sad for those minutes that she thought we would simply leave her. Oh. We hugged and explained to her, that Mommy and Daddy were leaving on a “date” and we would come back to her. She then replied, “Oh, Grandma Lou will baby-sit me and you will come back when I’m already sleeping?” “Yes.” It was that simple. But it was such a great reminder to me that she might understand more than we give her credit and that we need to be more careful about the adult conversations we are having in front of her. Idaho was plain, barren and no mountains. Besides the beautiful new LDS temple being built the city is very small, old and quaint. It sure will be interesting to see what the future holds for our next place in life.
The other night Jared and I were in her bedroom doing the night time routine with her. But we were talking amongst ourselves and not including her in our conversations. We were saying things such as “Tomorrow we will go and see what Idaho is all about.” “Do you really think we could move there?” “Who should Alayna stay with?” “She will stay here with her cousin Olivia…” It went on and on. Then before we realized that our daughter was standing there with the saddest slouching posture sobbing. She was sniffling and looking straight at us saying, “I want to live with my family…I want to go with you…I want to move with my family.” As I looked in her direction, I realized that she thought we were moving away and leaving her here. My heart broke inside. I felt so sad for those minutes that she thought we would simply leave her. Oh. We hugged and explained to her, that Mommy and Daddy were leaving on a “date” and we would come back to her. She then replied, “Oh, Grandma Lou will baby-sit me and you will come back when I’m already sleeping?” “Yes.” It was that simple. But it was such a great reminder to me that she might understand more than we give her credit and that we need to be more careful about the adult conversations we are having in front of her. Idaho was plain, barren and no mountains. Besides the beautiful new LDS temple being built the city is very small, old and quaint. It sure will be interesting to see what the future holds for our next place in life.
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Whats the story behind maybe moving to idaho? I dont understand. Let me know. Cute stories and pictures di!
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