Girlfriend had a frightening experience today at chess club involving a peanut snack. It all turned out OK, but Girlfriend mentioned that it was scary to her (and who’s to blame her? Peanuts could kill her). She compared it to a situation that happened a few weeks ago at recess where a boy taunted her on the playground with the prospect of forcing her to have peanuts. Don’t worry–he got a stern talking to by a teacher, the principal, and his mom. But, it left Girlfriend a little shaken.
Anyway, as we moved through our evening routine–dinner, homework and violin practice–she got increasingly weepy. I had planned to go to my local Stitch ‘n’ Bitch session tonight, but in a waterfall of tears, she asked me to stay home. She said she wanted me around tonight. So, I stayed home.
At first I thought it was because she was very tired (which I think she is), but I realize that she might be having a delayed reaction to the peanut thing. She is an incredibly strong little girl, but there are times when things get too scary and you just need your mom. So, I’m home, knitting and waiting for her and dAhub to finish story time so I can cuddle her to sleep. There is always next week for SnB.
Poor little chick – we are allowed our weak moments – thats why we need our mums. I am always amazed how easy it is to have allergen-related foodstuffs everywhere, but then I guess so many people these days buy things (as opposed to making them) and/or reading labels. At least you know your normally strong little chick will grow up with a good appreciation of what is in her food and ALSO never to tease people about such things
Yikes, I am sorry that you had a scare, that sucks. Someone said something stupid to me about being GF today and I just wanted to cry, we can’t be strong all of the time.
what a scary thing for girlfriend. i can’t imagine how awful that was.