Comfort In Kindergarteners

Lane: OLDSMAR

Lorraine Yaslowitz wanted to go back to work last week. But her principal, the guidance counselor and the other teachers at Forest Lakes Elementary kept telling her: Give yourself some time.

Your kindergarteners will be okay. Take care of yourself.

On Wednesday, the young widow was done waiting. She woke her three children at daybreak, as if everything were normal. She made breakfast. Helped her 5-year-old son get dressed.

That used to be Daddy's job. But now Daddy's gone.

When she left the house, no one kissed her goodbye.