Making Friends

Making acquaintances is easy. Making friends is harder. My oldest daughter makes friends so easily, while my youngest struggles with it. She gives up at the first awkward silent moment. We decided that it was important for her to learn how to make friends and so each day we go to the park, she has homework. So she brings her notebook with her to take notes. When we get home, she has to tell us the name of her friend and 5 different things she learned about her new friend(s). This is helping her to ask questions and listen. She uses her notebook to write her new friends name.

I am enjoying getting to know the other mom's. I have met a lot of other mom's that are moving from other places across the country. I find a lot in common as we are making fresh starts. Some are at peace with the move, some are nervous and others are bitter. For the most part, I am at peace with our move and I hope that I show it. But I notice that my heart is reserved to new friends. As much as I love and miss my friends in Oregon, I do know that I need to make new friends. This is something that I am struggling with inside.

I have been really bad about bringing my camera, but with the magic of the Internet, I found some pictures of an event we didn't make it to. But we did go to the park later that afternoon. She posted some pictures on her blog of the event and you get to see how green it is. We really like that park.

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jaminacema/776342/

Sorry, couldn't get the link to work correctly. You can copy and paste to the browsser at the top of your page and it will take you there. The name of the blog is "Just Call Me Jamin!" It is a blog that I had been following for a couple of years.