Journal excerpt

I just wrote this in my journal but figured I'd stick it in here too for grandma: Journal 8/23/12- Had a funny experience while Blake was at work tonight. All three kids had a meltdown at once- Jude was hungry, Brin bit her lip, and Logan was having a rough night all night and had a meltdown when I told him he would be grounded from tv and computer tomorrow for tonights behavior. They all were crying and needed to be held and talked to. I held them all on my lap and got Brin and Jude calmed down and talked to Logan to find out why he has been having such a hard time.  He has been telling me he's sick every morning and trying to stay home from school. I know he loves school and loves his teacher so I just thought he was having a hard time with the early mornings. Tonight though he was saying that he was sick again so I got him calmed down enough to really talk to me about it. He told me he likes school but he just misses me so much and then he broke down into laugh/sobs (and so did I lol). Poor kid! I never even realized he was having a hard time! We had a good talk about how I'm always thinking about him and missing him when he is missing me and I'll always be there waiting when school is over. We also talked about how he can say a prayer if he's sad and heavenly father will comfort him and help him to feel better. Then Brin joined in and said to Logan, "I miss you so much when you're at school! I only have batman (the cat) to play with" and burst out sobbing. It definitely turned in to an interesting night! I'm so thankful that my kids love their family so much but my heart hurts for them knowing that they are struggling with all these changes we've had lately.