This morning after I saw my daughter off at the bus stop, I was about to do my routine. The routine is to greet at other parents, wish them to have a nice day, and run back home.
This morning was different from my routine. One neighbor mom quickly run after me and asked me if she could join me walking. I said okay to her, and we started waking together.
While walking, she asked me if I would come to the bus stop this evening after school. I was not planning to do so, because my daughter had a club activity after school. The mom mentioned she had an appointment of surgery on her leg today. She was wondering if I could walk with her sons back to their home this evening, in case she could not make it until then. I told her I could help her for that.
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My neighbor could not come back home in the evening. So, I waited for her two boys at the bus stop on behalf of her. Other kids were curious where my daughter was and why I was with the two boys. After I roughly explained to other kids, I started walking with the two boys. The brothers were one year apart. The younger boy was the classmate with my daughter.
They recently moved to this area, so that it was our first time to have a conversation together. I started our conversation by asking them how their day was. They talked a lot. They talked about what they learned in the class, about their teachers, and their classmates. We enjoyed exchanging our opinions about the certain movie. Their house is further than our house, about 10 minutes longer than my usual route. We had enough time to get to know about each other.
I walked to their house, saw them enter the house safely, and called their mom letting her know they were safely back home.
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Walking with two boys made me think the simulation situation as if I had two sons. Since I have only one daughter in the real life, the simulation was a totally new experience for me. It was fun.
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P.S.) On the next day, my daughter told me her conversation with her classmate, the younger boy. The boy told my daughter that he really enjoyed walking with me. According to the boy, I am pretty, kind, smart, and fun to talk with. He also said I am his type, and he likes me a lot.
It was a nice complement for a 9-years-old boy to an old woman. He made my day.
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