Back To School
Like many people out of work, I decided to go back to school. But for me, my return to school was a field trip to a local wildlife museum last week with my six-year old daughter’s kindergarten class. This was the latest example of something good that can happen when you are out of work -- being involved with the kids' life. Sure I was involved before, but only when it worked into my schedule. Well my schedule was wide open last Friday. And if it wasn’t, it would be. Not even a bus ride with 50 kindergartners was going to keep me from going on this trip. I know it meant a lot to my daughter, but it meant A LOT to me too. We sat next to each other on the bus. We toured the Museum together. We ate lunch together. We watched a film on Animals, together. I’ve had some pretty good days in my life, but this was definitely on the list. Not to mention, what a great distraction from the world of reality. In the group with my daughter and I were three of her classmates...