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Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud

I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist

First Day of School Bus Stop Joy

September 5, 2012 by Kate Mayer 11 Comments

School’s back in session, and thousands of iPhones are capturing the magic milestones as little back packs, shiny new shoes, and fancy lead-based lunch boxes climb that big yellow bus. Tiny little fists heroically wave goodbye to the parents left behind.

And while tears are being shed, there are a few, brief moments of joy. Here’s mine:


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Comments

  1. scanman says

    September 5, 2012 at 2:58 pm

    They look so excited, with the mad skills kids have with computers, your blog may get disassemlbled in the wee hours of the morning by three crazed kids!

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    • Kathy (p/t writer, f/t mom) says

      September 5, 2012 at 7:15 pm

      aren’t they a happy bunch? I have a still photo of them too, but one spelled sophomore wrong, so i didn’t put it up. didn’t want to embarrass her.

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  2. Sarah Driscoll says

    September 5, 2012 at 5:32 pm

    Laughing so hard! Your poor children. I am now looking forward to the day when I can put all the kids on one bus! By the way, kids look mortified.

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    • Kathy (p/t writer, f/t mom) says

      September 5, 2012 at 7:16 pm

      Kids were more mortified that i was braless, in rather attractive hubby’s boxers, threatening to follow the bus to school like the young moms…(no offense!)

      Reply
  3. Andrea says

    September 5, 2012 at 7:05 pm

    What? You didn’t make them hold umbrellas too? Hope their days got better! 🙂

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    • Kathy (p/t writer, f/t mom) says

      September 5, 2012 at 7:18 pm

      Their day got better when they escaped on the bus — they would have beat me with an umbrella!

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  4. Mia says

    September 6, 2012 at 5:04 pm

    Darn it. The image doesn’t show up on my screen!

    Reply
    • Kathy (p/t writer, f/t mom) says

      September 6, 2012 at 7:33 pm

      weird! It’s here, I swear it! Doesn’t come up on my cell, but seems to be good to go on laptop. Not sure why there may be a difference. Will have to wait for my 12 year old tech to come home to figure it out.

      It’s worth it. promise.

      Reply
  5. irishtwinsmommababybook says

    September 7, 2012 at 6:19 am

    Sooooooo funny!!!!!! I’m sure you deserved that moment! Your kids are beautiful!!

    Reply
    • Kathy (p/t writer, f/t mom) says

      September 7, 2012 at 1:48 pm

      Thanks. they show well, and aren’t often that grumpy. Actually, that’s a lie. Boy isn’t usually that grumpy, girls often are!

      Reply

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  1. First Day Jitters - Kathryn Mayer says:
    February 3, 2015 at 1:23 am

    […] first day of school, and I so remember last year, when I teased my teenagers and mockingly made a video of them heading off to that first milestone day. The most wonderful day of the year for so many […]

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An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (aka Kathy and/or Kate) is a writer, humorist, and (former) activist writing out loud with humor and grace about little life moments with big ripples, including the space between parenting and aging parents, social issues, angsty reflections of midlife, and, sigh, gun humpers. Still. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is a national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of … Read More Here...

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