My Little Bodyguard

Kieron always looks out for other people. Whether it's family or friends, he's there to take care of them. When he was around 6 months old he went to a childminder as I had no financial choice but to have returned to work. Tandy was great....a second mum to my precious baby boy. Kieron went to Tandy's for years, although once he was toddling, my Dad also shared in the childcare. One of the other children at Tandy's was a beautiful little girl called Kadeisha. Although they were a similar age when Kadeisha started there ( about 3), Kieron always played her games and gave her cuddles. He looked out for her because she's a girl and needed to be kept safe.

If I am  unwell or even just tired, Kieron  tucks me up with a fleecy throw on the settee and smooths my forehead. When he thinks that I'm  asleep he sits and watches TV and if he leaves the room, I always get a gentle kiss on the top of my head. He offers to make me coffee and sorts out a sandwich for his lunch. If Jade's ill, Kieron pushes get well notes and pictures under her bedroom door and once, when she had severe neuralgia and I had to get her some emergency Oramorph form our local hospital, he sat with her until I returned, not leaving her for a moment. If Callum's ill, Kieron sits and watches films of Callum's choice with him and fetches food and drinks for him.

Visiting my elderly aunt, Kieron is always ready to do any little jobs for her. When she was more mobile, he would help her to pick flowers to arrange for the chapel in the elderly community that she lives in and  always asks if there is anything else that she needs help with as he recognises that she cant do as much as she used to.

When my Dad was alive, Kieron would help him to get shopping and picked up all the things needed on low shelves as well as helping to put the shopping on the checkout and carry it to the car.

So last night, when I was stuck in the middle of a nightmare in which I was being attacked and couldn't get away, Kieron came along and took me on a train ride out of the nightmare. It was a miniature train and Kieron kept telling me that it was one that his Grandad likes to go on. Last night I spent time with my son. My little bodyguard.