When the time is right!
When is the time right?
When does a mom know her child is ready to spread their wings and fly without her?
Does that time ever come?
When does a mom feel confident enough to let her precious child leave her finger and go on their own?
Is there ever a time so right?
And when that time looms over - You oh Mamma!,
are you willing to go down fighting and crying ?
or
you build the strength in you to rise up and empower your young to choose wisely…?
be ready for the worst…?!
enjoy the freedom…?!
Rise Above!?
Fly High!!?
I chose the latter.
Baby Steps… little grocery runs to the store round the corner. On foot or on the rusty old bike!
Following her hoping she wouldn’t notice me or our shiny blue car swirling away from her.
But she does!
She chooses to confront and let me know she knows!
I laugh and admit! Walk along with her and also watch her from a distance!
Watch her take those big confident steps on the pedestrian crossing!
Hold my breath when the car swerves and brakes when my biker is in sight…
Play a thousand scenarios in my head and calm down my thoughts by saying a prayer!
Trust my instructions and her instincts!
Let her go!
Let her pedal!!
Let her walk with shoulders broad and head held high!!!
Just like my mom did to me…
Remembering the days when I got the freedom to bike alone and get the Reynolds pen I wanted to take to school the next day. I remember how mighty I felt… how terrific the wind felt on my cheeks… how the loud blare of the horn scared me… and how the annoying shopkeeper would cringe when i asked the cost of 3 other things!
I remember it all and will always be thankful my mama let me pedal my rusty old bike… Just the way I choose to let N🩵 bike hers today!
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