It was the first of our 10 week sessions. The room was bright, warm, and a tight fit for the 15 people in it. We sat patiently and quietly until the leader stepped up. Well, all of us, except one gentleman. He had a deep voice, strong laugh, and an ability to break the silence we all wanted reprieve from with his jovial personality....
Sounds like the start of a novel, right?! Honestly, getting involved in this seems a little like we're just actors playing our part in some story. It's a story who's back cover I haven't read. I'm not sure exactly what the plot is, who the main characters are, and what I anticipate the ending to be.
Sort of, surreal.
The husband and I are working on a lot of paperwork after the first session. The class itself focused on looking at the strengths and needs of an individual child and of ourselves (parents). Needs, not weaknesses (this was a very important point). We talked slightly about the plan that the Dept. of Social Services develops for each child. We did a get to know each other activity and some child/parent role playing.
Overall, the class was good, but I was excited to be there and had a positive outlook regardless. One of our leaders is excellent. Unfortunately, the other person teaching the class is dull, not very engaging, and somewhat awkward....oh well, there are a lot of those people in life. I've learned coping mechanisms, just like the gentleman who was coping with the awkward silence of our group at the beginning by making us all laugh....I hope he gets a sandwich next time (the meeting was right at dinner time and the poor guy was starving).
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