Today

Today, like millions of Canadians I went to work.
I didn’t design a beautiful skyscraper.
I didn’t write a proposal to save an endangered species and
I didn’t drive a bus, fly a plane, or write a crucial bill that would some day become a law.

However, I did spend some time with some very important people.

I read a story to an attorney. I sang the alphabet song with a Supreme Court Judge
I ate lunch with a pastor and patted the back of an engineer until she fell asleep.
Taught a policeman how to tie his shoes and introduced an astronaut to the colour red.

Tomorrow, who knows whom I’ll meet, but one thing is for sure…
They will be very IMPORTANT, for they are our precious children and the hope of our very future.