“One day she ran inside the bus to follow her brother, and that’s when she officially met the bus driver,” Peterson said. “Then every day he would come down a few steps from the bus for Lucy to go greet him.”
The bus driver had told Peterson that he was a big fan of pit bulls, so he was just as excited to meet Lucy as she was to meet him. Soon, saying hi to the bus driver became a part of Lucy’s routine. She goes outside with her brother in the morning, sees him off to school and says hi to the bus driver. Then, she waits all day for the bus to come back, runs outside and greets her brother and says hi to her favorite bus driver again. It’s her absolute favorite part of her day, and she never misses it for anything.
As Lucy excitedly greets her friend, the bus driver, each and every day, it’s almost as if she’s thanking him for taking such good care of her brother. Lucy seems to sense that her brother is a little different in a beautiful way, and so anyone who watches over him the way she does definitely deserves all of her love and affection.
Of course, waiting all day for her brother and the bus driver to come back can be a little tedious, but Lucy doesn’t mind. At this point, she knows when the bus is getting close to the house, and gets so excited every single time.
“She is like a little alarm clock and lets me know when the bus is outside,” Peterson said. “She immediately starts whining and waits by the door. I always ask her to wait (because manners) until the bus driver helps my son get off, and as soon as I say, ‘OK,’ she runs to him for a quick pet then runs back to me as if she’s telling me, ‘Mom! He’s here! It’s really him!’ Then she goes back for longer pets.”
The people in Lucy’s life are all so important to her. She loves having her little routines with all of them, even (and especially) her brother’s bus driver.