28 June 2012
Yesterday was an emotional one, today will be even worse. Not for me (well me too, but 2nd second hand).
Today is the last day of the school year. My daughter (10!!) has had a 'boyfriend' in the school for 3 years and today he is leaving to go to a different area.
We have to go up at 12 and take pictures of them all for the last time and I'm not looking forward to mending her broken heart.
It's a small school, with two composite classes. Only 50 in the school in total. It's like a family and this is a huge sense of loss for many of them.
She is such a romantic kind soul and I wouldn't want her any different because she will feel stronger love that way but she will feel sharper pain too.
But email addresses and Facebook have been created to keep on touch.
30 years on for me and many miles, some of my primary school friends are now among my best and yet I rarely speak to secondary pals outside the world of Facebook.
First Heartache • Opuss № I