Tears over Teddy

Ron has not enjoyed Teddy's rough transition to Missouri. Things such as throwing up in the car on the way here, Teddy having house training issues, and white fur constantly being under foot have gotten on the dad's nerves. So, today Ron was trying to buy Casey over to the dark side by offering him Star Wars toys in exchange for finding Teddy a new home. (We all know Casey can be bought.) Casey was thrilled and screamed with joy at the thought of adding to his toy collection. Unfortunately, Maggie overheard and burst into tears and sobs, thinking Teddy was leaving us. She immediately picked up Teddy, marched to her room, and let us all audibly know her feelings on the matter. The tears just seemed to snowball from there with homesickness from several kids and me aching for some sense of familiarity. Sunday seems to be a hard day with church both a bright part of the week and a sad one. We all definitely miss so much about RM ward, but also love to go where there are things that we know and love. So, hopefully each week will get better as we get to know the flow of WP and hopefully continue to stumble across forgotten notes from Eliza in the church bag reminding of good things.