My Last Week Of Driving

What a whirlwind this week has been. First the appointment with the eye Dr., letting it all sink in, and then relishing the last few days of driving. I don’t drive that often anymore anyway, so in the big scheme of things, it’s not THAT big of a deal. My morning commute with the girls is usually not very exciting. We get in the car, tell Fed (the dog) bye and to have a good day. Parker usually requests to sing are you sleeping, in which I always say “what do you say” “pleaseee” I turn it on and say “what do you say now” “Thank You mommy” and off we go listening to “are you sleeping”. I always drop off Brecken 1st since it makes the most sense for the direction we’re going. We see a few school busses, and Parker and I always talk about the school busses, big ones and small ones, and how she wants to ride a school bus. I tell her maybe someday! I’ve realized that this is more of a probability now after Monday’s appointment…after I dropped off Brecken our conversation changed a bit. Parker chimed in and here’s how the rest of the conversation went.

P: "mommy, the sky is blue!"
B: "Yes, you’re right."

P: "why"
B: "Because God made the sky blue, what else did he make?"

P: "The clouds"
B: "Yes, what else?"

P: "the birds… the trees…. school busses…"
B: "yes, I suppose God made the school busses too…"

We went on to list all of our family members and then some, and by now we are at “school”
As I continued my drive to work for one of the last times, I just smiled and thought to myself that these are the moments I don’t want to miss. No, I can’t drive anymore, but I can still participate in these morning commutes, which is one decision I made that I would like to preserve for as long as possible. Now, we’ll just have Nana joining us in the conversations!