Experiencing on how precious the drive for your children, dropping them off at school on your way to work are, on how fast they all grow up! Translated…
Since my child was in kindergarten until they’re out of middle school, these twelve years, I’d taken him to school on my way to work, and picked him up as I got off work, and in our commute, it’s the time shared, intimately, between my son and I.
a mother, driving her children to school, not my photo…
On the warmer days, I’d be in a good mood, driving toward the sun, chit chatting with my child, there’s that overflowing bliss from my car; but, as the cold fronts of winters hit, it’d become, harder, my child would refuse to get out and out of his warm bed, seeing how I’m about to be late for work, I can only, wake him up, get him out of bed, and, as I drove him to school, he’d, slept all the way there, and, when we got to his school, he’d, gotten out, still, half asleep. And, if it came my turn, to become the volunteer crossing guard parent, then, it would be a whole lot worse for my son, because he’d had to, head out at 6:30 in the morning with me.
As my son got older, he’d started taking the school bus, the train, to school, and now, it’s just, me, driving alone to work. Recalling those days, how precious, those days of us, sharing our ride together became, the twelve years flew by so quickly, it seemed like just only yesterday………
A few days ago, I’d heard a coworker saying, “Every morning, I’d had to, drag my son to school, and he would stall, I am so afraid of being late to work!”, I’d patted her on the shoulders, “Do enjoy this intimate time you get with your child, because, they grow up so fast!”
a mother, taking her young children to preschool and kindergarten, photo from online…
So, this, is from one mother, to another, when the writer’s child was younger, she’d hoped he could grow up sooner, so he can get to school on his own, and she won’t arrive late to work, but, she’d started needing the time spent on the commute with her child, because it was the time when they can share together, and, as the kids grow, you don’t have that anymore, because they will have their own friends that they want to hang with, and, there are those afterschool cram sessions, they’d become, too stressed out with test prep, to even, share a simple conversation with their parents now…
Life, the Obstacle Course 