It started to drizzle this morning as I dropped Chloe off at daycare. I took her inside and again, she started to hold me really tightly and cried. But it wasn’t her usual cry. She buried her head deep in my chest and cried quietly. I could see her tears coming down her cheeks, without a word. She stayed like that for a while then quietly let go of me as the teacher took her away. It was as if she was finally accepting the brief goodbyes. I couldn’t shake off the heavy emotions… and Andrew felt the same heartache when I told him what happened. Few hours later, he emailed me this poem saying that he couldn’t stop thinking about it…

I let people know how I feel,
With a laugh or cry that is real,
I do the latter when dropped off at daycare,
Because initial seperation is hard to bare,

Everyday when my mom said bye,
I started to cling and started to cry,
Now three weeks have gone and passed,
Today as my eyes have amassed,
I burrowed my head in my mom’s chest,
I no longer cling but softly nest,
Accepting morning seperation will be,
The silent tears for only me.

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