I was driving. Abbie was in the passenger seat. Emma was in her captain's chair in the back.

"Lilly and Olivia are going away on vacation, Emma. We can't go over and play with them today" Abbie rehashed a conversation from earlier in the day with her daughter. "Then, just like I am right now," she sobbed, "I couldn't help but cry, just thinking about when I have to tell her that she isn't going to stay at Gina's anymore."

Our fantastic babysitter got a job at the school across the street from her home, and after this summer, Emma will not be going there anymore. Lilly and Olivia are Gina's two little girls, and Emma's two best friends. They are practically sisters because of their love-hate relationships. Emma has missed them both immensely this summer.

"It just makes me so sad to have to tell her," Abbie squeaks with tears thundering down her pregnant cheeks.

"Mommy," Emma chimes in from the back, "Stop crying like a baby!"