My grand daughter had a busy day last weekend. She went to ballet class, out to lunch, did errands and so on. The big deal of the day, however, was climbing Mount Tam in Marin, California. Both her parents have spent some time and energy hiking up mountains. This was a big deal for Bella.
As this was her first climb, and because this was unplanned, both her parents were wearing flip-flops so they parked at a high level. Bella flew up the path with intense determination. When they got to the summit, she looked around and wanted to go higher and higher. She was doing the mountain goat thing on the highest rocks. Her parents had to tell her that it was getting dangerous to hang on the cliffs.
Then she had a melt down. She was very unhappy. Her parents thought of the usual things; tired, hungry, blisters. It was none of those things. When they finally got her to calm down, she expressed her crushing disappointment. In her 4 year old mind, if she climbed to the highest peak that she could see from home, she would be on top of the world. If she was on top of the world, she would see the ROUND world., like the globe at school. She thought if she could just get to the highest boulder, this would happen.
It was a huge let down that all she could see was the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge and so on. Lucky for her parents that she could finally express this. Hopefully some day she can be a tourist in a space ship and get the view she hungers for.
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