Trampoline

During the wildfire our emergency plan involved taking up the offer of my friend and coworker, Kim. When I explained the plan to Wes, he remembered that Kim had a trampoline. After that, he kept asking when we would get to “yellow”, meaning level 2 evacuation warning. He didn’t think of it as a scary, he was waiting anxiously so that he could jump on the trampoline. I wish every child could have felt as immune to the emotional stress that the fires cost. At the same time, I want Wes to learn to empathize with others and that means that he has to learn to feel the real emotion.

After the fire danger subsided, we lived with air quality that was down right hazardous for about a week. Every single day Wes asked if we could go jump, and I told him that it wasn’t safe, but I would ask Miss Kim if he could go there to jump when it was.

Last night, he finally got to jump! He and Ava had a really great time.

I am so appreciative of Kim and her family who extended an offer to help us in case we needed somewhere to go. I’m so grateful to Kim for having us over to jump on their trampoline. It may seem like something small, but it was huge for Wes.