Breakdowns

We have rached the stage of the moving process that involves major toddler breakdowns! Olivia is not handeling the move as well as I thought she would. Yesterday Liv spent the morning clinging to a picture of her class mates and asking for her teacher. Then in the afternoon, was quite emotional that she wouldn't see her little friend, Daniel, who she has known since birth. This morning she spent 30 minutes crying when Chris went outside to mow the lawns, as she didn't want him to leave. When we sat down to talk it over after she had calmed down, she said," I don't want to move. I don't want to say goodbye to our car. I want to stay in the house forever. " it was like a dagger to my heart. I know once we get there and get settled, and make some friends, she will be fine. But it's this transition time.  I'm so glad we are moving earlier than we had originally thought, because it is really hard once you have made the decision to move, but then still have time in "transition".  The moving process is a very emotional thing. I think it's even more emotional moving internationally... As you are moving to different cultures, and in the back of your head you know, that as much as people say they will visit you, very few actually do. In all the years I have lived in europe and England, only a few friends made the trip.  So saying goodbye in August will be a BIG goodbye!  To help Olivia, I just bought a few books on amazon for children on moving, which will come next week. I'm hoping this will help!