On one day each week, Erin’s kindergarten has an early dismissal, right around lunchtime. This is also a day I keep Adrian home from preschool, so I meet Erin at her classroom with Adrian, a lunch, and a picnic blanket, and we hang out and eat lunch next to the playground. Erin and Adrian will…
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‘Twas the Night Before Kindergarten
‘Twas the night before kindergarten And throughout the home All the parents were dreaming Of days all alone. The lunches were packed In their boxes with care By good moms and dads Who were battling despair. What to do with their days? They had not a clue. They planned out the ways They’d…
What Is Your Greatest Hope For Your Children?
I was asked, on a questionnaire, about my greatest hope for my children. I filled in the space, thinking the whole time that this question was a waste of time. What is my greatest hope for them? “That they are happy,” I say, in a smarmy voice, mocking the question. “That they are healthy,” I…