To all the teachers, teacher's aids, counsellors, principles, and tutors who encouraged me to do well in school; the ones that told me I needed to graduate high school and go to college, the ones that told me not to settle for community college but to get a bachelor's degree, the ones that warned me that not doing so would lead me to a job at McDonald's or Walmart that I would never be able to leave or properly live off of or have a happy and fulfilling life with:
I hope you, and those like you, never talk to my son.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Trip To The Aquarium
A couple of weeks ago the Aquarium was having a special promotion for spring break: opened late and arrivals after 5PM were $15. Since I work until 5, and walking distance from the Aquarium, this was a perfect opportunity for us to go. Nicholas seems to really like it and has been asking to go back since. We may consider annual passes in the future.
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| A lorikeet (there must be a reason for these birds at the aquarium, I have just yet to figure it out) |
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
The Homeless
*warning: very long*
Timing is everything and maybe this is a sign.
On Saturday we went to have a late lunch/dinner at a fast food place and not far from us was a homeless man just sitting, minding his own business. He wasn't bothering anyone and I didn't smell anything when I walked passed him (I have a very sensitive nose) so I didn't find him bothersome. It was a really hot day and he was probably just trying to stay cool. He asked a couple of people, maybe 3, if they had spare change after they took time to give him a look longer than the normal split second. One lady offered to buy him a burger, which he accepted. A young man, probably older teen, was selling chocolate for some religious something or other. I don't know what possessed him to go ask the obviously homeless man if he would buy a chocolate bar for his cause. The man replied with, "If I had any money on me I'd buy the whole box." They talked a little and the young man with the chocolates gave him a postcard with information to some sort of shelter or group home or something sponsored by his charity and a chocolate bar.
Timing is everything and maybe this is a sign.
On Saturday we went to have a late lunch/dinner at a fast food place and not far from us was a homeless man just sitting, minding his own business. He wasn't bothering anyone and I didn't smell anything when I walked passed him (I have a very sensitive nose) so I didn't find him bothersome. It was a really hot day and he was probably just trying to stay cool. He asked a couple of people, maybe 3, if they had spare change after they took time to give him a look longer than the normal split second. One lady offered to buy him a burger, which he accepted. A young man, probably older teen, was selling chocolate for some religious something or other. I don't know what possessed him to go ask the obviously homeless man if he would buy a chocolate bar for his cause. The man replied with, "If I had any money on me I'd buy the whole box." They talked a little and the young man with the chocolates gave him a postcard with information to some sort of shelter or group home or something sponsored by his charity and a chocolate bar.
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