“It’s better to be kind than to be right.”
—Bruce Redding
Today’s story is contributed by Laura Donovan.
Laura Donovan lost her dad early in life. But she’s never forgotten one lesson he taught.
Today she reflects back to a middle school dance…a boy who asked for her hand. She turned him down. When dad found out? Hold on… Not what she thought!
My parents were late for everything during my childhood.
Laura and her father Paul, 2005
When we lived in LA, I was always at least ten minutes late to elementary school. I was the last kid picked up at day care. My parents made me late for every birthday party to which I was invited. But my parents were never late to pick me up from middle school dances. They were held in the gymnasium every month.
Even when I’d give my parents the wrong pick up time, they figured it out, and often arrived ten minutes before the end of the event. This cut into the last few songs of the night, just when my friends and I had finally racked up enough courage to ask boys to dance. READ MORE
