last week i started seeing a counselor. i was and still am really excited about it. after the first session, i thought, "woah this is going to be really hard", but from the beginning when i asked PR to find a good counselor, i had a desire to go through this grieving in a healthy way. honestly at first i thought if i told people i was seeing a counselor they would think that i was totally loosing it, but affirmation from people walking me through this thought it was good. it's a good way not to loose it i think...
i have only been to two sessions and i think the first one was just introducing... the second one got a little more into the meat of things. like i said, it's going to be hard. please pray for me as i take steps with the counselor in this grieving/tragedy/trauma process.
GREAT NEWS... A has been working at getting her ears pierced. She was asking a few weeks ago about getting her ears pierced. i just told her, let's think about it... but a good friend, TR, had a fabulous idea. she asked if there is anything i wanted A to do on her own. SLEEPING IN HER OWN ROOM. TR told me to use that... so i told A if she slept in her room for 10 nights, then she could get her ears pierced. for each night she got a sticker. today was the day. the tenth sticker went up. so i took her to get our ears pierced. i got a second hole in and she got her first one. we had friends and family there and she was so brave. i went first to show her how it was done, then she went. yes she cried, but i told her to remember that she's the one that wanted it. :) the crying didn't last long. she was happily playing with her friends afterward. and when someone asked her to see it, she showed off her earrings. it was really cute and i think she looks really cute. yeah A!!!
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