Friendships

The last week has been an emotional one. Chloe continued to feel a bit funny about school. It came out at the start of last week that she was having a few issues with children in her class. I want to tread lightly with recording this in the blog because Chloe's getting to the age where she might object to me revealing all about her relationships etc. Also I don't really want to discuss other people's children. So let's just say Chloe had a couple of girls not wanting to play with her or 'be her friend'.

As a mum this can be pretty heart-breaking. You think the world of your child and can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want to befriend them. You want to protect them and defend them, even when you know this is probably a battle they need to fight themselves. So I prayed and I shared with a few other Christian mums and they prayed too (thank you ladies). Oh, I should also mention that I did make the teacher aware that Chloe was having friendship problems without going into detail.

God is so amazing. I'm writing this post after a week of Chloe progressively getting happier to be at school. She reports that the two girls are now friends with her again and she has made another friend who has invited her to a party. I'm sure this won't be the last friendship problem we have (definitely a little girl thing!). But I feel more confident about tackling it now and not projecting any old feelings of rejection I may have hung onto from my school days! God will go before her into school and watch over her. I pray for lots of helpful and strong friendships.