I had been planning what to write in today's blog in my head during the night ... it was a very different topic. It went out of my mind when this morning's departure of AJ came round ..... I took AJ to the airport at 8:30 and there were lots of tears .... it was really hard. Naomi had left at 8:00 with Kaylia and Naomi tells us that Kaylia was very subdued on the drive to school. Usually she jigs around and asks for different music to be played. This morning she was very quiet during the trip and she only wanted "Stay" (Taylor Swift) to be played. The interesting thing is that she has 3 firm favourites .... and "Stay" is not one of those .... so it's hard to not conclude that she has put a special meaning on the song this morning!
The good thing in all this is that we have gained a firm friend over the past months and I have no doubt that AJ will be back to see us in the future.
One thing we have noticed in the course of having 13 au pairs stay with us is that some people come and go with little impact on our lives ..... while others make a lasting and strong impact. AJ is definitely in the latter group. It would be rude for me to name the others ... but you know who you are!
Kaylia is having a tired spell at school ... this is understandable given that it's the start of the year with lots of changes going on in school and out. We are all tired at present. Naomi especially as she bears the major burden of the hardship at present. The light is shining at the end of the tunnel ... we just have to last till we get there.
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