School started

This was Jaden's first week of school. She is included in a typical Kindergarten class for 39 percent of her day and then returns to her special education teacher for the rest of the day. Today when I picked her up she had tears in her eyes again. I asked the helper why and she said that Jaden gets sad when she comes out of the school and I am not there waiting for her. I know it's a minor thing but I get so weary of walking up to pick up my kid and finding her in tears every time. Today she said, "Don't be a crybaby!" and "You have stinky alligator breath!" I wondered if the kids had said those unkind things to her. I realize I can't protect her from everything but when I think about how mean some kids can be to ones that can't defend themselves, I almost can't stand it. It is very humbling when I am reminded that the kids I picked on in school had parents who loved them very much. I never thought about that when I was mean to spcial children. I never thought they could be loved. I had the very wrong attitude that if you had nothing to give the world, you were worthless. Oh, MY has God changed my thinking! Thank you, LORD, that you see things very differently than we do. That every life matters to you. That you have a plan and purpose for every child.