Livia has been pretty expressive today. My girl wears her heart on her sleeve for the most part—if something bothers her you can definitely tell. If she’s unresponsive, then usually it means that she’s not bothered. She’s fairly straightforward, which is kind of nice.
After school she told me that a classmate didn’t like her. After verbally prodding a bit, I found out that this kid kept physically moving away from Livia, so Liv went to her teacher and said she (Liv) was angry. Apparently things ended well because Livia smiled at the other child. As a big Feeler, I admit being a bit hurt that anyone would not like my child, however I’m proud of Livia for the way she handled her emotions (at least in her telling of it. Who knows how the real event went down?).
Then later, while I was getting my hair cut, Liv told me that a grey-haired man in the waiting area had sad eyes. I tried to shush her a bit so that the sad-eyed man (she referred to him again that way as we walked out the door) wouldn’t hear our conversation.
Finally, after community dinner Livia had some sort of expectation that she could type on Jason’s computer. I knew this was not a possibility as he was working on it at the time. She came down from his office and told Renae and me she was disappointed that couldn’t type.
I’d swear Sesame Street was having Describe Your Emotions Week—but we don’t get PBS anymore so that can’t be it. Liv’s just in-tune with her emotions, I guess. For the record, she wasn’t a big Eeyore today. She was excited to play with Polly Pocket this morning and giddy at the new face paint we bought this afternoon. She has strong emotions, but she’s also well-rounded in her expression of them. LOL.
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Lindsey Oct 1, 2008 5:53 PM
You know, I spent a couple class periods of a class on relationships discussing how to intentionally and succintly verbalize our emotions. The biggest thing we talked about? How women are afraid to state that they are angry. So it sounds like Livia is off to a good start with a healthy emotional state!
Kerri Oct 1, 2008 9:38 PM
i am impressed by her healthy expression of her emotions, as well. But one question…did she *say* she was giddy about the face paint?
If so, I’m downright gobsmacked. :)
Rebecca Oct 1, 2008 10:07 PM
LOL. If anything, I bet Liv said, ” I SO happy!”
Sarah B. Oct 1, 2008 10:37 PM
I love it, Rebecca! Amazing how tuned a sweet young soul can be to their emotions. I totally chuckled at the story about the “sad-eyed man!” So intricate in her description of her emotions, too.
Calvin doesn’t quite have the same intuitiveness about his emotions. He used more general terms–happy, sad, mad. And he also can tell us when he’s “frustrated,” mostly because he’s seen one of his parents become frustrated!! Ha! And also, it’s funny because he’s somehow caught onto the word “jealous.” Though I know he doesn’t quite grasp such a big concept. But he’ll use the word sometimes in a totally non-sense kind of way, where “jealousy” wouldn’t even make sense!
These crazy kids of ours. :) Love you!