I walked into the nursery, and looked for Abi. The lady incharge said he was upstairs in the hall and the staff took him upstairs as he crying. I was expecting a crying Abi as i climbed the staircase.. I looked through the doors and couldnt find him. I slowly opened the glass doors and walked inside and signalled to the staff asking where he was. They pointed him to me. While all the other kids were playing with the staff or with each other , Abi was seated away on his own and he was playing with cars. He was sitting on his own as if he had accepted defeat and he just had to wait till i came and picked him up. My heart skipped a beat, as he was seated so sorrily. I know he was fine, he was ok and he will get used to the place one day. But being a mum, its not easy. I sneaked behind and called his name. He turned around and bursted out crying as if to complain "why did you leave me and go away". I could tell that he had been crying for a while and had just stopped. He had a runny nose and teary eyes. I picked him up and he started waving good bye to the staff. He just wanted to get out of there. The minute i stepped out , he was all smiles...
Why do we take such a drastic step and leave them with strangers at an age where they can not even express themselves? Is our career or our indepence so important compared our children.
