My UFO (unbelievably fabulous observations)

[hoosiermama]

I'm beginning to feel as if D14 and I are cursed in some way. She cannot seem to catch a break. this time: she got her annual letter from the children's choir, which she's been in for the past 4 years. it's one of the best in the world, and we've been blessed to be part of it; this will be her last year because of her age. and she did not advance choirs for next year--she's repeating the same one. (this is much like not passing a grade in school.) she didn't pass her written test (she has a math LD, and it affects much about reading music--but she sings and plays by ear). and her audition didn't go all that great. the worst part is that all the other kids from her school who were in her choir advanced...and they're all a year younger than she is. of course, they all have pianos and parents who can afford lessons, they haven't been harassed by the school music teacher and intentionally excluded from school music activities like D14 has been, their lives haven't been blown out of the water for the past couple of years either.

she's devastated. so am I. I don't seem to be able to dig out of this hole I've been in and make my daughter's life more normal. She's isolated--no one ever calls or texts or even answers her fb posts. she has no friends. she's a really nice kid, very intuitive, she sings well, she's very compassionate, and she's very bright (in spite of the LD). her life has been miserable the past two years because of her father leaving and trying to force a relationship with OW, because of being bullied in school by classmates and the music teacher, and she's gone from being an honor student to failing math. thank God she begins a new school next year, and one well-known for achieving success working with LD's. she really needs a break, tho, and my heart is breaking for her.