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[the_rck]

Friday was Cordelia's last day of school for the year. She's now officially a second grader. The day was relatively miserable because she cried a lot. She was crying when I picked her up after school. She cried all the way home and for about forty minutes after that. During the afternoon and evening, she cried whenever not distracted.

It all centered on one friend, a little boy from Korea who she's afraid won't be back in the fall. He might not be. His parents are probably grad students. When they finish up, the family will go. Cordelia's fear of this is drawing on the departure, last year, of a boy from China who she also considered a good friend (plus the departures of other children from grad school families in the middle of the year).

Cordelia says that this boy told her she was cute. She says she loves him and that his cheeks are very, very soft. We're trying to respond with a sense of humor about the whole thing. There's not much else to do.

Well, when we get back from Origins, I plan to have her write the boy a letter. That might help. Poor munchkin. At least Origins is distracting enough that there have been no further tears.

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[catnotdead.livejournal.com]

His cheeks are soft? That is about the saddest, sweetest thing I have ever heard. The poor bunny, I can see why she's crying. First loves are always painful.

Do you mind my asking what Origins is? I tried to look it up and only got sites talking about skin care.

[the_rck]

Origins is a big, annual game convention in Columbus, Ohio. We don't go every year because Scott usually can't get the time off. Every three years or so, it switches weeks, and we can go.

I have no idea how she found out that his cheeks are soft. She's been saying it for quite a while now.

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

When I was a little older than her, I had a huge crush on a little by in my class from Australia. I LOVED his accent. (I remember trying to explain it to my Mom, "His voice sounds nice!") I was very sad when he and his family moved back.

And for a moment, I thought it was Origins cosmetics, too. ;)

[the_rck]

I think this little boy and the little boy from China will be good memories for Cordelia some day. Right now, though-- heartbreak. She's remembering that the boy from China didn't come back and expecting the boy from Korea to disappear the same way.

I think one has to search for 'Origins game fair' in Google to get the convention. It's something like that. Or maybe it's 'GAMA Origins.'