Driving my son to school this morning, I almost hit a giant hawk… it came out of nowhere and swooped down right in front of us, I had to slam on the brakes so I didn’t hit it. And then it kind of hovered back and forth across the road, like it wasn’t sure which way to go.
I’m an animal lover and always in-awe of nature, so I yelled to my son – “Look – a hawk!”, and we were both watching it saying – “Wow – COOL!”…
THEN SUDDENLY, I realized it wasn’t actually giant… it was a regular sized hawk carrying a SQUIRREL! A squirming squirrel. A squirming, dangling, flailing squirrel. The poor little guy! 😥😥😥 (And I don’t even like squirrels).
Moral of the story… THAT is how you traumatize your kid by simply driving them to school. Also, that’s how moms get traumatized too!