Seeing as we are starting the Easter holidays next week, tomorrow being the last day of school, I figured our walk today could be another easy one. I say easy and I say walk. What I mean is Wee Daftie took her scooter and I padded along behind. And when I say behind…well you’ll see the photographic evidence soon enough.
Wee Daftie’s school isn’t in our catchment school so we generally get a bus. We have walked and we have scooted before but we don’t generally. It’s not very far, Google maps will tell you 28 minutes by foot so it’s actually a nice distance to cover.
It’s not the most glamorous of walks to take. A lot of main roads, traffic and pedestrian crossings don’t really make for a very scenic journey. Thankfully, she’s so far ahead that I just pop my headphones and catch-up with her on the occasional corner.
I sometimes think it must be weird being 8 years old. Or, rather, it must be weird being MY 8 year old. I’m not openly calling her odd by any means, but she’s at a funny age where she is so capable of doing many things, but she still needs an adult (usually me) to be there. I watched her cross roads, safely, from a distance, and she does the things that you need to do before crossing. She knows very well how to do it.
And yet, it definitely wouldn’t be appropriate for her to get herself to school in the mornings.
Don’t get me wrong, she absolutely could. Walking or scooting or even bussing. She just probably shouldn’t. We’re not far from that next milestone, though.
After scooting home from school, we watered the plants in our garden and made some dinner together.
I love being her Mam. I love the things we do together. I am grateful and I don’t take it for granted. Doing the simple things together has been a huge motivator in learning to live with loss. I’m sad for the things that we won’t get to do as a family of four but I know I’m blessed for the things we can and do do together, how we are now.
With all the scooting, pottering, cooking and dancing about the kitchen, we hit are steps target for another day. Three days down and feeling excited for another day and more little adventures.
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Travels With My Daftie 