G has been having some struggles at school lately...and one of the ways he amazes me is related to that. He had a particularly rough week last week. He's been doing much better but was put in a couple of situations (purposely and accidentally) that tested the coping skills he's been working on improving.
Given that...we ran into his school social worker on our way into the amusing yet painful holiday concert this week. He grabbed us because he wanted to tell us a way in which G had surprised him. The previous Friday, at the end of his difficult week, G sought out the social worker - he found him in the hall on the way to a special of some sort and said "Mr. S - I'm having a tough week. I'd like to come see you." As it turns out, Mr. S had availability at lunchtime, so he offered to have lunch with G. They did and i guess they had a good long talk. But what Mr. S wanted us to know was that he's never had a 3rd grader ask for his time. 'The younger kids are sent to me - they don't ask for me. So G showing that kind of maturity....it's very unusual.'
I was pleasantly surprised and proud of him. He struggles to keep his emotions in check, but he's wise beyond his years in that he knows that's a challenge for him - so he is trying to work at it.
In a totally unrelated situation - we were sitting at home the other day when G made some sort of noise in reaction to something I said. I said "What did you say?"
"MOM - I stifled a laugh." (He said stifled as STIFF-uhld, not sty-fuld but still.)
"Honey, it's sty-fuld - but good job. How do you know that word/"
"Oh you know me, Mom. I read a lot."
I was reading on Babycenter.com (my Internet home for the last 9 years) the other day about when people think you really KNOW your kids and see them as individuals. For me, it started at around age 6 - but moments like this confirm to me that G is absolutely entrenched in his very own, startling cool, smart, funny, kind, and amazing personality.
WOW.
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