Proud

Any of you who have ever heard my cell phone ring know that I have MACs chorus as my ring tone. They are singing the theme from The Biggest Loser, Proud. Saturday I was so PROUD of my daughter. As I said yesterday we have been talking a lot about what type of behavior was expected during the visitation and at the memorial service, we went over all of it again at 11:00am CST before I headed to the home for a quick practice.

MAC was excited to wear her new Selena Gomez clothes and listened with her usual "You are so boring" look on her face. I gave her some of the worst case scenarios of people wanting to hug her and touching her on her head/face without giving any warning and what she could say when people asked questions. She brought her IPod and her drawing journal, and at the last minute decided to bring Pikachu. (I knew there was a reason I wanted her to bring a large purse!)

Visitation lasted for a little over an hour, because people came a little early, and she looked at people and spoke when they asked her questions. She even smiled a few times. She and my niece Z behaved extremely well. They were the only kids at there and there was no running or hitting or "I'm bored". MAC looked at the old pictures of Grandma and was shocked that she was ever young enough to have been in dance class like her and said that she was really pretty when she was a WACC.

Pikachu came out for the graveside service. She sniffled a little and hugged him really close.

We went to my Dad's cousin's house for dinner and she answered questions about her school and what PVA meant. When we left at 10pm she had played The Game of Life, drawn a new picture, and colored several with the 3 color pen she found in the backpack. She and Z fell asleep in the car on the way back to the hotel.

I fell asleep almost as soon as the contacts were out which is why this is so late. I am so proud of my daughter and of her behavior. She is looking forward to this evening and hoping we get home with enough time for her to go to her friend’s house for Halloween Festivities.