Emotional Rescue
When I was a pre-teen youth and just beginning to listen to the radio the rock band The Rolling Stones had a song entitled Emotional Rescue. I don't hear it very often, but it played on my shuffle the other day. While the lyrics might not exactly fit what I have been experiencing lately, the title surely does. Many people I care for deeply have told me in their own way their emotions are raw, and many are looking for an emotional rescue. Over the last few months several of my students have cried on their way into the school building. Their remarkable parents and I have an agreement that we will always help their sons and daughters be successful. My staff is super-sensitive, and 99% of the time the little ones stop crying as soon as they enter the school doors. I always double and triple check on these kids throughout the day, and then I call one of their parents to keep them updated. The conversations are almost always the same: Hi. This is David Ascher at Novi Woods. I wa