Monday morning rolls around and is always dreaded. Especially for me, I work all week long, about 50 hours a week, and I have to leave my beautiful baby girl in daycare. My job requires a great amount of work from me. I am a marine biologist and don’t get me wrong, I love my job, but my daughter means the world to me. If I wasn’t as new to my job as I am, I could probably live a little more well off. But seeing as I have only been working for about a month, I need the money to support myself and my daughter. Sybil, my daughter, is three years old and the light of my life. Her dad passed away not too long after she was born. Jason, my late husband, was in the Airforce as a pilot, he went abroad and was shot down by an enemy missile. There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t miss him or wish he was here to
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“Hello Mrs. Adams, this is Shauna from Learning Leads Daycare, are you busy at the moment?” She seemed to have a hint of worry in her voice but I didn’t think much of it.
“No not extremely busy. Is Sybil okay?”
“Yes she is doing great today. I am calling about another manner of business that is important. Lucas, one of the children in Sybil’s age group and in the same class as her, has complained to his mother about being touched in uncomfortable ways by a teacher.”
My heart immediately dropped. All I could think about was my poor baby girl being molested by a teacher, and the hardships that we would being faced trying to get those memories out of her head.
“Uhhmm… I….” I couldn’t think of any words, my head was racing.
“Kelly I know this is a lot to take in right now. What we are asking of all the parents is that they talk with their child to see if they have had the same experience. You may come and pick her up if you choose.” Shauna was trying to comfort me and sound calm but I was in a
“Hello Mrs. Adams, this is Shauna from Learning Leads Daycare, are you busy at the moment?” She seemed to have a hint of worry in her voice but I didn’t think much of it.
“No not extremely busy. Is Sybil okay?”
“Yes she is doing great today. I am calling about another manner of business that is important. Lucas, one of the children in Sybil’s age group and in the same class as her, has complained to his mother about being touched in uncomfortable ways by a teacher.”
My heart immediately dropped. All I could think about was my poor baby girl being molested by a teacher, and the hardships that we would being faced trying to get those memories out of her head.
“Uhhmm… I….” I couldn’t think of any words, my head was racing.
“Kelly I know this is a lot to take in right now. What we are asking of all the parents is that they talk with their child to see if they have had the same experience. You may come and pick her up if you choose.” Shauna was trying to comfort me and sound calm but I was in a