I could laugh about that time my husband had Vertigo and fell flat out on the floor when trying to shift in his chair to grab his cup off the counter.
I could cry about the phone call I received from the triplet’s teacher telling me two of them may not pass 1st grade this year.
I could laugh? Cry? Laugh? about that commenter who answered my question about this, when I was reaching out for advice. She replied to me saying, “How can anyone NOT pass first grade?! “When did you first realize two of your kids were not intelligent?”
I could cry about missing my oldest daughter who is living in Spain with her new husband and how I have only seen her one time over the last year and will probably only see her one time over the next year.
I could laugh at that time at dinner in a crowded restaurant when my husband was talking about having headlights on his lawnmower and my mother shrieked out “You have HEAD LICE?!?”
I could, I could, I could…
This is what life hands us. Laughter and tears.
And I’m thankful everyday that I’m alive to experience both of them.
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That’s a pretty messed up comment about the kids. It’s crazy how being anonymous gives people the guts to say all sorts of hateful things and somehow feel good about it. I saw it´s cowardly and rude. OH well, better to laugh at that one!
I know. sigh – that’s the internet. Gotta take the good with the bad I guess.
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Probably one of those cursing drinking moms from the top 25 contest. Ha!
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WOW, great post, makes ya think about things. As for the person who made the rude comment, well she’s probably miserable already!
I love Audrey’s comment!
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I agree with you Karen! I try to overlook people like that but dang, it hurts. I guess I’m a little on the sensitive side, anyway. I loved Audrey’s comment too.
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So sorry that you are stressed about your children, and that someone was so rude! When my youngest son was in 4K, his teacher recommended that he stay in 4K for the next year too. Of course, I was devastated at the time. But we took her advice, and it turned out to be the best thing. In the year that he normally would have been in 1st grade he was not ready to read, and probably would not have learned. But by the time he got to first grade the next year, he was ready. Now he is a freshman in college and had a 3.9 GPA his first semester! So he’s not dumb, and I’m sure your children aren’t either. Children develop at different rates, but schools are forced to squeeze them into what’s “normal.” I know your situation is complicated by having triplets, but I feel confident it will work out in the long run. Are they in public school? If so, is there any possibility of homeschooling them for a year? Or putting them in a private school that is flexible and adapts to different learning styles?
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Gaye – thank you! I really needed to read this right now. I have several options and my gut is telling me to let them all do 1st grade again, even if they do end up passing. I should have waited a year before started them in k5 because they had a summer birthday and actually turned 5 right before school started. It was just too soon and I should have known better. Thanks for sharing your experience with this. It means a lot.
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You are very welcome! I know it will all work out, but it seems very stressful right now. The plan you mentioned seems like a good one.
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I love this post. And as for your kids, people can be such jerks and so judge-y. What is wrong with people?? SHEESH? Sometimes you just want to smack ‘em.
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My dad failed grade one but thats because he wouldnt speak English.
My grandparents were Dutch Immigrants and after he failed they started speaking English at home more often.
Failing grade one put him in the same class as his younger brother until grade 3 when the younger brother failed that year
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