Tonight we took the two girls over. We had fun. They had dinner and a game of Go Fish. Josie tried to cheat as usual.
It happened when we left. One of the Mom's grabbed Josie and put her on her lap and hugged her and kissed her goodbye - and held on teasing her a bit. Perfectly natural, and Josie was laughing. But as we left it hit her and she started to cry. I carried her home and we talked.
She was afraid. Afraid that new mom would keep her and she would not go home again with us.
She has been ours for two years. But she remembers.
We got it from JJ tonight - Christmas was wonderful but of course stressful. All the excitement and exhaustion took it's toll - and JJ tried a control tactic we have not seen in months and months. Failure of the tactic lead to a big meltdown. Fortunately it does no take as long to help her calm down now.
JJ was only 19 months. She does not really remember - but in her heart she knows that scary things can happen and you need to be in control.
