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Feb. 11, 2008 |
Daily Soul Retreat at SoulfulLiving.com |
Vol. I, Issue
323 |
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Meant to Be
edited by Barry and Joyce Vissell
 True Love, a story from Jennifer WalkerWhen I was two years old, my mother put me in a day care center. She tells the story of how I was terrified to stay at this place until a two-year-old boy named Bobby joined the group. As long as Bobby was there, I was not afraid. Both of our mothers had to work full-time, so Bobby and I were there every day together. The staff reported to my mother that we were never far from each other’s side.
When nap time came we would refuse to nap unless our blankets were side by side.
After three years in day care, it was time for public school kindergarten. The day care staff tried to prepare us for the fact that we wouldn’t be together again. That didn’t make sense to my five-year-old mind. I wanted to always be with Bobby.
Our mothers, acting independently of each other, enrolled us in the district’s elementary school. Imagine our surprise when I reluctantly went for my first day of kindergarten and there was Bobby! We were in the same class! Again, we played together every day.
Bobby was the bright spot in my life, since my home life was anything but happy and secure. My father would go out drinking and come home and hit my mother. My only joy and security was my time with Bobby at school...
>>> Click to Continue Reading "Meant to Be"© Copyright Barry & Joyce Vissell. This article was originally
published at our website, SoulfulLiving.com, in February 2001,
as part of Soulful Living's "The Soul of Love" Issue.
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