So many of you have listened me talk about my favorite little boy who knows just how to drive me crazy and break my heart at the same time. Yesterday was a true example of this. He started his day out asking "Ms. Cara" for a band aid for a cut on his finger. His meltdown didn't come until we were trying to leave the gym. He refused so I approached him to help him along when he struck out with the only thing he had, a beaded necklace he'd found on the ground. 
This picture is the result. To say that I was shocked would be an understatement. I don't think I've ever had someone physically hurt me like this before. It took all of my control to maintain my composure as I scooped him up and carried him back to the classroom.
Believe it or not, but he sat exactly where I set him until he was asked by another teacher to move and came back in to sit in a chair until I was ready to talk with him.
The topper, today he was meltdown free.
