It's been a while since my last post. Before our Thanksgiving break from school I was decorating classrooms & setting things up with my 3 classes to make sure all was set for their feast. My family has begun a new tradition of going on vacation for Thanksgiving as we have no family close enough to us to celebrate. Our vacation was to begin 2 days before the children were off from school, which is why I needed to check & re-check that all my classrooms were set & ready to go.
We thoroughly enjoyed our vacation & are looking forward to next year. We had our Thanksgiving feast at Medieval Times. It was an absolute blast! The children thought that the best part of dinner was being able to use their hands to eat. Our youngest child received a picture from the Princess because our child wrote & read a special letter to the Princess & our middle child caught the flower that our Knight threw into the audience. Our oldest was ecstatic at all the testosterone filled events that unfolded before him. Ruh, ruh, ruh! Oh the memories our children will recant to their children.
On a super sour note, right before we left for vacation, we found out that one of our children had been molested/raped by a friend (older & larger in stature). I was shocked, angered & wanted to harm this person, but this person is also...still...a child. It took everything I had within me to stay calm, sit them both down, & calmly ask my child & the perpetrator, questions about what had happened. This other child did not deny anything & admitted to the things my child said was forced on them. When I was done asking questions I felt numb. I took this child home & waited for my husband to come home so we could decide where to go from here.
We chose to speak to our school counsellor & our school's family advocate. Which took us down the path of meeting with our local DHR & then an interview with a Crisis Counsellor. We've been given a family counsellor to help us deal with this & were told that the other child will possibly go to a treatment center to help find out what took them down this path (which is what we hoped would happen. As we don't feel this other child is a criminal, but that something must have happened to that child to make them do this to others. Apparently, my child isn't the only one this other child has molested.)
I feel such sorrow for my child that I was unable to see this coming & stop it before it happened. I also feel sorrow & compassion for this other child's family & for the child as they have to deal with their child being taken from them. I pray we all find strength to move forward & heal mind, body & soul.
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