Every Tuesday I go to
my oldest son’s house to make sure that his kids get up for school because he and his wife are working. I feed my grandkids breakfast and walk them across the street to the bus stop. Sometimes I have to be there early
and other times; I need to be there by 6:45. When I unlock the door, I am
greeted by two Labs…Coco and Harper. I squeeze by them and go into the kitchen
where I sit and listen to the silence before the ‘storm.’
After about 14 minutes
of writing or reading, I make sure that Michael, Bella, Anna, Chloe, and Ava
are up and dressed. They make their way down to the kitchen. The silence is
broken with a round of Hi’s and what do you want for breakfast. Breakfast
ranges from cold cereal to cinnamon buttered toast. One of the kids usually
doesn’t want to eat and finds a snack bar and that is breakfast.
Sometimes, I might
bring over an afternoon snack like cookies and a tootsie roll suckers that they
can have after school. I must admit that I annoy them just like I used to annoy
my own kids by singing or asking questions, making jokes, or just talking.
When it is 7:50…I make
them get on their coats, backpacks and lunch and we leave the house. Usually my
grandson complains because it is too early because the bus comes at 7:55.
No matter how early we
are at the bus stop or how annoying I have been…when the bus comes, everyone
hugs me and they tell me they love me. So does my grandson!
