Kids
I am sitting at my computer waiting for my kids to come home. It will only be the second time they have walked themselves home.
As a mum, it is sooooooo hard to let go and not be waiting at the gates for them. They are ready to walk home themselves and want to walk home themselves, so I don't want to stop them. It doesn't stop me worrying, or clock watching or think of the myriad of things that can go wrong and the roads they have to cross. Does it ever get any easier?
As I write this, they should be just leaving school. The temptation is to get in the car and rush to pick them up, except chances are i'd miss them. I know they will be home soon enough, I just have to wait for the hands on the clock to turn a bit further.