3rd November 2023
Today is the perfect occasion to come out of my hibernation.
My (not so) little girl is off to her first overnight
excursion – with her schoolmates.
The bags were packed (my not-so-valued opinion: a little over packed for a 2D/1N trip) with much
animated expressions and non-stop chatter.
What a gamut of emotions she’s going through – excited, delighted,
little anxious, but oh so very excited again.
And what a plethora of feelings for me!!
Excitement and Happiness
I feel I am more excited than her – I used to love going on school trips
and treks. And am glad to feel the same excitement all over again.
I imagine a little butterfly, spreading out her magical wings, gradually
gaining strength in her wings to go and explore the wonderful world. And what
wonders this world holds!
Am I feeling Proud, too?
But of course!
That she chose to go. That she was sure she would manage herself well, although she is just coming out of weakness following some health downtime.
Am I Anxious?
Surprisingly not much!
Somehow in my heart I just know that she will manage herself well and
will enjoy her experience.
Both daddy and mumma have thrown in a few words of advice – after all she’s
out of their protective care for the first time. But again, we know, she will
be just fine. If anything, she will become more self-sufficient.
Before getting into the bus we got a quick question “My little one will
miss me, na?” (reference to her little
sister)
A confident smile, a wave and then she joins her friends.
The bus left with the exuberant jabbering kids….. Yayyyyyyyy !!!
As we drove towards home. I just felt so so so happy for her.
[Ok, I also absorbed
the sunrise – Shhhh !! Am not an early morning person you see.
And enjoyed breezing through the empty city
roads!!]
As is the norm in the networked world, soon we received photo updates of
them stopping for breakfast.
In the very first photo, I saw her, trying to pick up some food with due
concentration. And a secret smile broke out.
No, it was not that she was serving herself some breakfast.
It was the image of her with hair all open (she had left with a neatly tied plait).
That’s my girl….
JUST LET YOUR HAIR DOWN AND ENJOY THE RIDE J
