Feeling a little down

Tanner came home yesterday feeling a little down in the dumps because he didn't win the election for student council representative for his class. He practiced several times a great speech that he wrote himself and left for school feeling pretty confidant. (To be honest; I thought he would make it.) He came home the saddest that I've ever seen him. He felt like he must have no friends and that no one likes him. I reassured him that he's a great, likable, fun, smart, cute kid. Plus, it's hard when 15 kids out of 23 in the class run. That really spreads out the votes, even when you can vote for more than one. He came home today feeling better and like his old self. He just needs some extra loves for a while.