Skye Danler

Each week Skye has Math Team one day after school. I usually leave the other two at home and drive to Skye’s school to pick her up. A few weeks ago I was stuck in Portland and unable to make it in time. I called Skye and told her she could either wait for me to arrive or just walk home.

Her excitement was palpable. “Really?”, she asked. We went over a few ground rules and basic pedestrian safety. I told her she had to call me when she left and again when she arrived home. She did, and has been walking ever since. A few times I’ve biked her scooter to her so she could scoot home instead of walking. Once she met Kirsten and I at the Dyer Library and gave to us her backpack so she wouldn’t have to carry it. (more…)

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