Just the Very Thought of You....

First day of school the littler across the road this morning. 

This shocked me, because I thought she was two. 

As I drove to school, I saw mummies, all dressed up, clinging for dear life onto the littler's hand, smiling through clenched teeth. 

I saw a daddy kneeling in the street hugging his littler, face buried in his shoulder. 

Pah, I say to you all.  Pah!

Just wait.  You think this is the worst day of your life. 

Just wait til they go away on the first sleep over with a new friend,

the overnight school trip, the first Brownie Camp, 

the first Scout Camping Expedition, the first School Abroad trip, 

the end of Secondary School Holiday abroad, 

the first night out at the pub, 

the driving over to University; 

the leaving at the Airport to move 3400 miles away from you. 

I saw one littler whose mummy had the right idea.  

She stayed away, and left the littler's big brother, who was all of 7 to hold her hand.   And he was holding on really, really tight. 

And that, that one little boy, with his littler sister brought a tear to my eye.