So ... I took Lottie back for another day at the stables. The lesson didn't happen as the woman we were dealing with has left but I arranged more with the owner when her new woman starts.
So instead of the lesson we just hung out, met some of their 100 horses, got to know some of the stable girls and some of the horses etc, (fell in love with an Arab (horse that is)), and had a lovely morning.
Lottie was excited to be around them but not up for getting into stroking them and kissing them but liked it when I did, ahhh bless.
Anyway, the point of this waffle is.... that I suddenly thought, this would be a great thing for L to get into, for her future. If she gets into the whole thing and enjoys being around the horses, then it would be great for her to help out when she older, mucking out etc etc.
I don't do looking into the future, at all really, but today I saw something, a possible job, maybe even a paid one, for my grown up baby and it felt good.
Strange arn't I! But what I'm saying is that for the first time I imagined the future and it was all good.
People have said to me, of having a child with DS, don't you ever get scared/worried about the future and I say no, no I don't get scared or worried and I don't think about what might be.
But today I thought about it, probably for the first time. I imagined my baby as a 30 year old and far from it being a scary image it was happy and positive. And that pleased me.
I know I'm generally quite a positive person, I see things through rose tinted glasses, but sometimes other people and seeing how they see things makes me think I might be kidding myself. But I'm just not able to worry tbh.
I thought perhaps I was blanking the future out or something but today, when I thought about life 20 years down the line in terms of Lottie it was all good.
A long, long, major waffle and I'm not being very articulate but maybe you can see where I'm coming from?
Either way, I'm sharing my {smile] with you.
So, there you go. Feel free to share you smiles with me as well.
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