School days, golden rule days
This morning, coming across the Magnolia Bridge, I heard over the loudspeakers the children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. I thought about having a child and s/he going off to school to do all of those things that children do as they grow up and I felt moved to tears – and I passed two teenage girls, late for school, crossing the bridge who looked at me as if I were some sort of nutball and realized that this sentimental moment I was having would have its day in reality when my child would come home from school and believe that all of my infinite wisdom was nothing greater than what a squirrel possessed.