For the past several weeks, Zoe has been resistant to leave Elena’s in the afternoons. Though she’s initially excited to see me (“Mommy!” she’ll yell when I walk through the door), she then typically runs in the opposite direction and squirms\/wiggles away from me when I try to walk her out. Though I try not take this personally (I’m happy, after all, that she feels so at home with Elena and has so much fun with her friends there), I occasionally pine for the days in which I could just scoop up a smiling baby in my arms and walk out with her. And sometimes I wish she’d be as excited to see me as I am to see her.<\/p>\n
But then the other afternoon, as we were heading home, I heard a small voice from the backseat say, “Mommy, I missed you today.” “You missed me?” I said, practically gulping back the tears. “Yes,” was her response. “I love you, Mommy.” And suddenly, the earlier squirming and struggling felt like no big deal…<\/p>\n
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