IT'S NOT EASY BEING A SUPERHERO

Yes, It is not easy being a superhero.

This week I am called to a classroom where a good

teacher holds a little one in her lap.

There on his forehead is a huge lump.

It seems like he ran into play equipment at recess

and now has a hematoma.

I take him with me to my office.

I already know that a bump this large on the head

will call for a parent pick up. He will have

to be watched closer than what we can do here at school.

Nap time is not convenient for a child with a bump on his head.

I call his good mother and she is on her way.

We go upstairs to await his parent.

This is how the conversation goes...

(SH will be his word, super hero)

SH: I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED

ME: IT'S OKAY MY LOVE IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

SH: NO I WAS A SUPERHERO, SUPERHERO'S DON'T

HAVE ACCIDENTS"

ME: WELL I THINK YOU WERE STILL A SUPERHERO

YOU HAD A SERIOUS BUMP AND YOU DIDN'T CRY

SH: (looking at me as though I know nothing about superheros)

SUPERHERO'S CRY THAT IS NOT WHY I DIDN'T CRY

ME: WOW, YOU ARE PRETTY STRONG, WHY DIDN'T YOU CRY?

SH: WHY I DIDN'T CRY? THAT IS EASY.

I DIDN'T WANT TO GET ANY TEARS ON THIS NEW

NEW UNIFORM PANTS"

Well, that is so simple coming from a superhero, I

should have known that.

So from now on, I am going to try and be a superhero.

Just like I am listening to Joel Olsteen right now,

I am going to see and speak of myself well.

I am going to have the mind of a superhero.

No time for tears, can't stain a uniform with tears.