How tough do I have to be?
Will things be ok just because others tell me so?
My new job is in Yokohama… kids and their school in Tokyo… we are moving closer to their school next month… so they can just walk home… Till then daddy is commuting with them in the mornings (crowded trains) and they make it home by themselves in the afternoons… They walk to the metro station, take one metro line 2 stops… change for another… 6 stops… walk 10 mins…
One day last week they got off one stop too early… they just caught the next train…
Today they went too far 2 stops… started chatting and missed it… they didn’t panic, called me, asked for help… found the right platform and they are now on the right train on their way home…
Tokyo is safe… they made a mistake like we all make sometimes… They found a solution…
I am sitting on a train approaching Tokyo… my eyes filled with tears… When kids called me, there was no panic, but there was stress…
So what that 6 year old here commute to school…