*That* Mother

I became *that* mother today.  

Waverly had a field trip with her 1st grade peers this morning.  This was her first non-walking field trip and I was a bit nervous.

I ended up driving over to the school to watch the kids board the bus.  In addition to this being her first big field trip with the mainstream kids, it was also her first time riding in her wheelchair on the bus and using the lift.  One of the aides from her classroom accompanied her.  I just had to see that she was okay.  Silly, I know.  But I felt so much better as I watched her ride the lift onto the bus.

Her teacher wrote this afternoon to say Wavey had a lovely time.  She enjoyed the entire adventure and returned to her classroom with all smiles.  Phew!