Wed 17 Feb - “I will miss how fun it was.”
It is funny how the simple words of a 10 year-old can cut through to the heart of an issue. For all of us who can still remember school (well I guess at 25 years on it is an increasing challenge) those moments of fun are carried with us like a torch through life.
One boring lunchtime I remember being very puzzled when one of my friends decided to swallow a copperhead lizard. The puzzlement grew to amusement, which grew to hilarity as the process of catching and “trying” to enact his claim left us all sprawled in laughter on the floor. Those moments are rare and yet despite its absurd nature, the lizardgate affair has often brought a smile to my face decades later...