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celebratoryTopic: Lauren
Well, today was the day. The first day of Kindergarten. The bus stop was full of energy - excitement among the "old hats" and nervousness among the newbies. Myself, I managed to keep the emotions in check, even when I hugged her and choked out "Have a great first day!".
Earlier in the week, I had joked with Tony about following the bus to school to watch Lauren get off, but completely forgot the idea this morning. However, the last of my errands during school hours brought me past the school right when it was getting out, so I just couldn't help but swing in to watch the little kids walking to the bus ;-) It was so cute...those little kids with their too big backpacks on their backs, banging the backs of their knees as they walked. Awwww! What was NOT cute though, was the fact that Lauren was not in the line. I watched until the bus left and I never saw Lauren get on. I figured maybe I had missed her somehow when I had turned the car around so I headed home to meet the bus. When I arrived home, I confessed to Tony what I had done and how I hadn't seen Lauren get on the bus. He laughed at me a bit - until the call came. It was Lauren's teacher calling to say the bus was going to be a bit late because the driver had left before all the kids could get on. I immediately imagined a forever scarred little girl who would never want to go to school on the bus again.
