Harder Than You Know

Parenting

The kids start kindergarten today and honestly me and Rob are pretty sad about it, they are growing so fast. I think this year we can bring them with us on tour but definitely not before this year they were just way too small. We walked them to the bus stop Rob holding Slash's hand and me holding Elliot's hand the whole way there in an attempt to make them feel less scared. As they hopped on to the bus they waved is good bye and I felt a tear run down my face," there they go," I said as Rob wiped the tear from my cheek. " It'll be okay," he said pulling me in for a hug. He had his hair in two thin braids today with bird feathers attached to them which was very unusual he's never done it before. We talked to some of the other parents at the bus stop for a bit but conversation kills Rob's energy so we didn't stay too long, besides I needed my coffee. Not be extroverted definitely has it's downsides that's for sure. We curled up in bed arms wrapped around the other," we're getting old Rob," I whispered. He looked up in the nearly pitch black room and sighed," yeah that's for sure," he said. We sat there both sad and so wondering if the kids were all right and if they were happy and all these things. We can't be there with them anymore, we can't protect them and it's really wearing us down. As the day started to come to an end me and Rob staggered out of the house and to the bus stop to pick up the kids. When we got there we had to wait about ten minutes for the bus to show up but then they hopped off and ran towards us.