It has been little more than a year since I went back to work. 14+ months of daycares for kuttyma. 14+ months of saying goodbyes in the mornings. And what a ride it has been.<\/p>\n
For me it has always been super-hard saying goodbye in the mornings. Whether she goes happily in, sulks or is in tears I am worried . I have tried to put a strong front in the mornings and it has had me in tears as I carried on, as recently as last month. But it is a way of life – I have no regrets and we move on. The initial days were super hard and recently with the transition to Singapore and a new playschool it has been back to tears and sulks. But it has changed – you know in the typical toddler way – a few days of tears and then she is fine.<\/p>\n
Recently, when I leave in the mornings to work I get a different kind of send-off. She comes running into my arms, hugs me, kisses me, tells me she loves me and sees me off with a “have fun mommy”.<\/p>\n
It melts my heart – I could forever stay in that hug. It is harder than the tears to walk away.<\/p>\n
Gosh! I cannot believe it – I always thought tears were the hard part but the love yous are harder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It has been little more than a year since I went back to work. 14+ months of daycares for kuttyma. 14+ months of saying goodbyes in the mornings. And what a ride it has been. For me it has always been super-hard saying goodbye in the mornings. Whether she goes happily in, sulks or is in tears I am worried . I have tried to put a strong front in the mornings and it has had me in tears as I carried on, as recently as last month. But it is a way of life – I have no regrets and we move on. The initial days were super hard and recently with the transition to Singapore and a new playschool it has been back to tears and sulks. But it has changed – you know in the typical toddler way – a few days of tears and then she is fine. Recently, when I leave in the mornings to work I get a different kind of send-off. She comes running into my arms, hugs me, kisses me, tells me she loves me and sees me off with a “have fun mommy”. It melts my heart – I could forever […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[691,692,997],"class_list":["post-3587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-room","tag-daycare","tag-goodbye","tag-working-mother"],"yoast_head":"\n