My 5-year old kindergartener, AJ, takes the bus to school. For whatever reason, in our town, they assign a new bus driver to the route every month. Usually after the first day the kids know the name of the new driver. For February, though, the driver wasn't very friendly, and by the third week of the month, the kids still hadn't found out her name. So one day after I picked AJ up, I said, "So, you still don't know your driver's name yet, huh?" He said, "Oh, yeah, I do know it now." I was surprised and replied, "Really, what is it?" He said, "It's 'Bless'." I repeated, "Bless?" He said, "Yeah, Bless." I said, "Oh, that's strange, I've never heard that name before. Are you sure?" He very innocently responded, "Yes, I'm sure. I saw her sign that said, "Bless the bus driver."



Deb Nelson, I am a 36-year-old mother of three (ages 5, 3, and 1) from Quincy, MA. I am a part-time Grade 5 classroom teacher.