The loss of one little toddler boy weighs heavy on the mind

 Prayers for the children at the daycare as their lives at such a young age have been altered so suddenly. One toddler (a little boy) has died when a car crashed through the window of a Daycare in Toronto area. Prayers for the soul of the little toddler who will never get to do anything in his life; the hole in his parents/families life will be enormous. The missing one will always be missing; you can not replace a child that you have carried for nine months and held for eighteen months and watched and guarded and done everything that was possible in this life to protect your little one. Prayers for his family. Prayers for the other injured child still in intensive care and for their family. 

I found myself unable to write about this accident as I had to go out for groceries today. At 80, my constant thoughts as I turn that key in the ignition is of my surroundings and my need to be extra cautious because I am old. It does mean that I do not drive other than to the store on my own. I try to go when the children are all in school although I discovered today that perhaps the school arrival time has changed a little at one of the local schools as there were just a few children still walking towards the High School. It has also changed the lunch hour as I went shopping last week when generally I would  not see any students. That type of change makes me so aware of how careful one must be if one is older driving. One's mind must be acutely aware of everything that is around them at all times as for everyone who drives. I think as my cataract surgery came closer and closer I worried that my sight was adequate and certainly after the first eye was operated on and I opened my eyes in my living room looking at the ceiling I discovered that the eye not yet operated on saw a yellowish ceiling whilst the other eye could see the bright white ceiling. In my case I was about to gain a leap in sight with depth of vision and no astigmatism but I did not know at that time what I was missing to be honest. I had driven for 59 years by then with no tickets, no demerit points and no reported accidents. Those last few months  before cataract surgery, although I did  not really notice any change, I was extra cautious the few times that I did go to the store.