August in Scotland means it’s back-to-school time for teachers and students alike. The end of this year\u2019s summer holiday was harder than most for me personally since my grown-up little Bumbumbee headed to school for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I spoke to a few \u2018old hands\u2019 ahead of the big day. They know the drill. Every one of them told me \u2013 pack the tissues, you will cry \u2013 but don\u2019t let him see your tears \u2013 because this is a big happy day for him, and he doesn\u2019t need to be worrying about what\u2019s wrong with mum. <\/em>You never think you\u2019re going to be \u2018that\u2019 mum do you? All the \u2018old hands\u2019 nod knowingly and sympathetically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s a hard day \u2013 another milestone \u2013 knowing your little one is no longer solely dependent on you to fill their needs and keep them safe and happy. You feel like you are parting with the biggest treasure on the earth \u2013 entrusting them to strangers to do what you have done. Lion King comes to mind when Simba is presented to the Kingdom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s important to remember though, the adventure is just beginning for them. They will have friends, teachers, activities and learnings to fill their day now. They are taking their first independent steps out into the world and all we can do is be there to support and guide them \u2013 until they no longer want that support and guidance. Even then, I have it on good authority, you will continue to support and guide them even if it\u2019s from a distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As I wave him off at the school gates, desperately trying to hold it together until he\u2019s out of view, I realise the best thing I can do at this moment, is go home, put the kettle on and give my littlest Bumbumbee a great big hug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all who\u2019ve had to wave your little ones off to school for the first time \u2013 I feel for you. But just think of all that extra time we\u2019ve got to ourselves to begin that creative project we\u2019ve been putting off \u2026 after we\u2019ve had a good cry of course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I hope you like my new ‘grown-up’ little bee created to mark yet another milestone in the Bumbumbee family. Fly high little Bumbumbee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" August in Scotland means it’s back-to-school time for teachers and students alike. The end of this year\u2019s summer holiday was harder than most for me personally since my grown-up little Bumbumbee headed to school for the first time. I spoke to a few \u2018old hands\u2019 ahead of the big day. They know the drill. Every […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-hive-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11788"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11845,"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11788\/revisions\/11845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}