3 Minute Goodbye

I’m really not sure what to make of this last development. All of a sudden, Ricki has started making her good-morning good-bye as she leaves for school into a three-minute drawn-out affair. Instead of a wave, goodbye, and maybe a quick hug, she wants long, repeated hugs. (Which, if the driver is honking downstairs, can be a bit exasperating….) She doesn’t seem any less willing to go to school, but this all puzzles me. I could think of all sorts of explanations, but have decided to not read into it, give her the hugs, and wake her up three minutes earlier…