Travels With Stacey

Today marks the last day of school. This year, my first year as a school bus driver was an adventurous time. For much of my bus driving career, I was a cover driver. I would fill in for other drivers when they were absent. I…

Kids can be brutally honest. As a school bus driver, I’ve been traversing the same route for over a month. This daily routine has allowed me to form a connection with the kids, getting to know them on a personal level. One of the children,…

“Was the sky blue?” asked a seven-year-old boy. He was curious and seeking an honest answer to a problem he had discovered. We had been talking about how different my childhood was from his.  He was amazed to learn that I was once a child,…

One of the biggest perks of being a school bus driver is the time off. It is the most significant selling point for me to remain in this job – we love our vacations. Victoria Day weekend had come, and we decided to spend it…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…