Mr. VanLoon

As most of you know, I substitute teach to earn a little extra cash. Well today I had a job at one of the local high schools. Nothing too exciting happened, but I did have one student who took me off guard. He told me that he was really tired from the night before. Knowing that the Super Bowl was lastnight, I asked him if that was the reason for staying up so late. This is where he took me by surprise... He said he got to see his father for the first time in 3 years. It didn't really hit me until later in the day, but when it did, I started feeling very sorry for that young man. I have never known what it's like to not have a parent around and I learned yesterday that I have definitely taken that for granted.