We had a hectic (and expensive) afternoon on Tuesday with
trips to the podiatrist and dentist. When we arrived at the dentist both of the
kids told me that they had been to the dentist “recently” with Mummy. Neither
could tell me exactly when it was - whether it was in the last year or which
dentist they’d been to! I took it on the chin and thought there’d be no harm in
a second visit(!)
After handing over half my wages (the dentist looked in Elijah's mouth for about 10 seconds and charged me $79) the three of us headed to
the nearby supermarket.
Just before we reached the self-service check out I asked the
kids, “We’re doing ok, aren’t we?”.
Rightly or wrongly I’ve occasionally found
myself “checking-in” with them to make sure they’re ok and they’re coping with
our new “normal”. Amy is ALWAYS in our life, we often talk about her and I feel
her presence and power so often.
On this occasion Audrey was surprised that I had asked the
question. The two of them were mucking around and hanging from the side of the trolley in typical
fashion and she turned to me with a surprised expression and replied, “Of course
we are!”.
Moments later when we reached the checkout both her and her
brother obediently jumped down from the trolley and without prompting started unloading the trolley for me, scanning it and packing it into
bags (they didn’t have the ability to pay for the shopping but I’m sure they
would have done!)
They are such lovely children.
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