We are the Old Folks
Wow...guess life has taken over, huh? Been awhile since I had the opportunity to sit and think and write. Working as a substitute teacher these days - every day. Love the kids, like most of the teachers, and love what I am teaching (Global Studies and Civics). People freak out when I say I work in Bridgeport, but come on. To paraphrase Lin-Manuel Miranda, kids are kids are kids are kids...Sure, there are difficulties in kids' families and households, but there are difficulties in the richest towns, too. Those folks just sweep them up a bit quicker. Also got a kid back in the house with us. We are quickly becoming the "old folks" around here. The youngest is baaaaack from her southern life, with her animals. Excitement abounds, as the southern dog and the northern dog play and fight and play and fight. I watch the southern dog (all 40 pounds of her 18 month old self) take on the northern dog (90 pounds of his 11 year old self) regul...