Today I will pick up my son from his school (4 hours early) for a day out at the Ballpark in Arlington (where our beloved Texas Rangers will play host to the 1st place Anaheim Angels).
The school administrator will probably remind me that this will be an unexcused absence. An excused absence would be seeing a doctor, dentist, going to a funeral or being sick. But this, well this is fun with your old man on a sunny day. This is life!
One day when my son gets older I am pretty confident he won’t remember what he learned today in 1st grade. But I hope he will remember the times he and his dad caught an afternoon game at the ballpark. Besides in my mind, excused absences tend to be overated. Too many kids graduate high school without every missing a day of class (the infamous “Perfect Attendance” award) but they miss out on life in so many other areas. Life is more than learning at school. I pray Harrison and I learn that together today, again.
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