Teary Goodbyes

Evie started crying when I was leaving her house today...we'd spent several hours together, but in particular we'd gone into the Magic room and we laid on the bed and I played a little bit of princess with So and Ev. I tickled them and Ev pretended she was my kitty and I rubbed her back. When it was time to leave Ev ran out of the house in her panties and wanted to tell me bye. I hugged her and held her tight, kissed her and told her I loved her and that I would see her tomorrow, but she just broke down, tears streaming; so I hugged her more, kissed her more and tried to reassure her. She continued to cry until Rachael finally came and gently took her by the hand to take her back to the house. I love Ev so much, like she is mine, I wanted to scoop her up and carry her home to just curl up somewhere with her. I feel like she does sometimes; that it is hard to part ways, that I will miss her too much, that I need her. The joyful fullhearted love of a child is so special, and helps so much to ease the hurting parts of grown loved daughters being gone. Such a sweet little heart.