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For Kids: Ruby Finds A Worry
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Miss Beth talks about feeling worried and reads Ruby Finds A Worry by Tom Percival.
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Introduction to Ruby's Story
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Well, hello again, my friends. It's me, Ms. Beth, and I have another story for you. The story I have today is about a girl named Ruby, and Ruby finds something that she didn't really know
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she was looking for. In fact, she actually really wasn't looking for it at all. Ruby finds a worry. The reason I wanted to read this story today is because sometimes I feel a little bit worried and then
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I like to remember that if I feel a little bit worried, then maybe there's someone else that has felt like me too.
Ruby Finds a Worry
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And I love to find those friends in books because I feel like if there's something I feel, there's probably a story that
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also exists about somebody who might feel the same way or it might help me understand what is happening in my brain and my body and make me be
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It'll make me feel a little bit more relaxed. So let's get cozy together. Maybe grab a warm blanket or somebody you love. And let's read this story together. Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival. This is a newer story to me. So if it's new to you, we're having a connection.
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Ruby loved being Ruby. She loved to swing up high. She loved to explore wild, far away places. And sometimes she even went all the way to the very bottom of the garden.
The Growing Worry
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Ruby was perfectly happy until one day
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She discovered a worry. It wasn't a very big worry. In fact, it was so small that at first Ruby hardly noticed it. But then the worry started to grow. Each day it got a little bit bigger.
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It just wouldn't leave her alone. It was there at breakfast staring at her over the cereal box. And it was still there at night when she brushed her teeth. The funny thing was that no one else could see Ruby's worry. Not even her teacher. So Ruby pretended that she
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couldn't see it either. She tried to carry on as if everything was normal, but it just wasn't. The worry was always there, stopping her from doing the things that she loved. Ruby wondered if the worry would ever go away. What if it didn't? What if it stayed with her forever?
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Ruby didn't realize it, but she was doing the worst thing you could ever do with a worry.
Sharing Worries
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She was worrying about it. Now the worry was enormous. It could barely fit in the kitchen at dinner time. It filled up half the school bus.
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And it took up whole rows at the movie theater. The worry became the only thing that Ruby could think about. And it seemed like she could never feel happy again. Then one day something unexpected happened. Ruby noticed a boy sitting alone at the park. He looked how she felt. Sad.
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And then she noticed something else, something hovering next to him. Could it be a worry?
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It was. Oh my goodness. Ruby realized that she wasn't the only person with a worry after all. Other people had them too. She asked the boy what was on his mind and he told her the strangest thing happened. His worry began to shrink. Then Ruby did the best thing you can ever do if you have a worry.
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She talked about it. As the words tumbled out, Ruby's worry began to shrink until it was barely there at all. Soon, both of their worries were gone. Finally, Ruby felt like herself again. Of course, that wasn't the last time she ever had a worry. Everyone gets them from time to time.
Managing Emotions and Comfort
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But now, now that she knew how to get rid of them,
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They never hung around for too long. Wow, I love that story because sometimes I feel worried and I don't really know what to do about it. And I love that Ruby found out for us that the best thing you can do is to talk about it, to say how you feel with someone that feels safe, to say, I feel worried about this. Another thing that
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I like to remember with worries is I like to pretend that I am driving a car and a worry comes along or a thought comes along and I say, Oh, nice to see you.
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You know what? I'm driving this car because I am in charge of myself. You can sit in the back, but I'm driving the car. I'm in charge. Thanks for visiting. We don't have to say no, no, no, no, no. Those thoughts or those worries, they come along, but we just let them pass through. They can ride for a little bit, but you are in charge. You are the one that's driving the car. We could just say, oh, that's just a worry. That's just a thought. That's just visiting me for right now.
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and you can share it with someone that you love. You could draw a picture about it. You might want to tell it to a stuffed animal, but you are the one that's in charge of yourself. So you don't have to let those worries be the one that drive.
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drive your car or take over. And Ruby found that out too. Ruby said, you know what? I'm just going to share this. And then that worry stopped bothering her so much. And she got to play and have fun with her friends. Sometimes worries are bigger than just the little person visiting us in the car or bothering us, following us around. Sometimes they're bigger and we can't really
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fix them and we don't really know what to do. But the best thing we can keep doing is to say, OK, that's how I feel. Who can I tell about this? Who can I tell? Oh, I'm feeling I'm feeling a little overwhelmed. I'm feeling a little scared. And then what can we do after that? Maybe it's snuggle. Maybe it's read a book. Maybe it's draw a picture for someone that we love.
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Ruby found that out too. She said, you know what, I can share it. And then I can go back to doing some more things that are me. And every time those worries visit, I can just say, Hey, thanks for visiting, but I'm the one that's in charge here. Let me know what you thought of that story.
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