Last night she had headache. She went to bed earlier than usual and had a nice 10- hour sleep last night.
Regardless of her effort of last night, her headache still stayed in her when she woke up. She wanted to be absent from school today. Judged from her face color and energy level, I was confident she would be fine at school. I knew her headache would be gone by the time when she arrived at school. I talked her into going to school. She reluctantly said okay.
She normally goes to the bus stop alone, but today she asked me to come with her.
While I was walking to the bus stop with her, she was walking very slowly. In each step, she complained about how sick she was.
Even though I knew she was acting being sick, I thought it cute of her. Within five meter or so from our house, I asked her one more time if she really needed to miss the school. Her face brightened up. She happily said YES.
I thought it would be fine for her to take one day off from school. So, I agreed with her and let her stay home. This was her very first day to be absent from school in this school year anyway. She deserves to rest up.
She nestled up to me and acted like a small child all day. I accepted her and stayed closely with her all day. It was good for both of us.
She is in the transition age. I remember it was confusing and frustrating to go through the physical and mental transition. I am glad that I could be there for my daughter whenever she needs me the most.
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