Give Me A Kiss
Charlene and I will be celebrating a wedding anniversary this week, but I have almost begun to wonder if our marriage will survive that long. I am a school bus driver. My job is to get the kids back and forth from school safely and…
Chicken Farmer
I am a spare bus driver. I fill in for other drivers who cannot do their run for whatever reason. It sometimes means I have no idea where I am going on any given day. In one week, I did seven different routes. This week…
Be My Valentine
We all have favourites. Let us not kid ourselves. Sure, as a parent, we never say that to our kids. It can hurt the child, and he may feel left out. But why can’t we have favourites? There is a reason why one child is…
School Bus Marriage
I am a spare bus driver, so it can often be a rare event for me to have the same route for several days in a row. On this particular route, things started to get interesting. The most enjoyable times as a bus driver are…
Love Is In The Air
Being a bus driver can be a thankless job. People can take the service I provide for granted when I show up every day, arrive at the correct time, and repeat the same task in the afternoon. This reliable service can become mundane and taken…
Three Birthdays
The kids are amazing. As a bus driver, I see these young minds develop and grow. Watching this fruition into adults brings great joy to my heart. But I also see the difficulties some children have to suffer—sad moments like what happened on my bus…
Dinosaurs Were Good At Karate
The martial art known as karate was developed because people needed to defend themselves without using weapons. It was brought to Japan in the 1920s, where it was adapted and became known as it is today. Or so I thought. Karate started somewhere other than…
Spooky Bus
Being a bus driver is a truly fantastic experience. I transport young, budding minds to our educational system and see them grow into wonderful human beings. A noisy bus is good; everyone is socializing, laughing, and talking. I am a spare bus driver, and I…
Ghosts are Allergic to Snow
I am a school bus driver. As you may know, kids are getting the best cutting-edge educational advancements. It has been three decades since I last attended school, so who am I to question the statements I learn from children as I drive them back…
Bawk Bawk BAWK!
As a school bus driver, I listen to some amazing conversations. Kids these days are able to access a wealth of information that was not available before the internet was invented. This is witnessed by the conversations they have with each other. We are witnessing…