Sad Again

I met Ellie after school today and as soon as she saw me she started to sob. She was a bundle of anxiety; she said she was worried about losing a container from her lunchbox but I suspect that the extra drama at her home is affecting her. Her mother continues to be outraged, giving Ellie unbearable choices but Ellie is handling it better than I would expect; she called her mother back and asked if she could go to my house...at first she said no but when I told her no one else was home she changed her mind.

 I was grateful since we had a good conversation on the way here.  Ellie and I made a fun game with marbles and paper towel tubes, it was kind of a marble drop maze, but not very complicated. Bear, the dog, was happy to play with Ellie but he was a pest during part of our game.  :-))

When I took Ellie home at bedtime everyone in her family was there except her mom. It seemed to be a relief to all of us.