Life Lessons From Sam

My Dad shared this story about a conversation that they had at a recent Pie Day that I found amusing. The boys and my parents had some visitors this past Pie Day, some coworkers of my Dad's, one from Texas and one from Minnesota. Sam is our family meteorologist, so he was really looking forward to the tales of Hurricane Ike, and he was not disappointed. The man from Minnesota told them all about ice fishing and driving on frozen lakes, which Ryan found fascinating as a big fan of "The Deadliest Catch" and "Ice Road Truckers". As they were leaving, one of the men said that he was on his way to meet his new granddaughter for the first time, and asked the boys if that had any words of wisdom that they would offer a new baby about growing up as a kid today. Sam threw his hands up in frustration, and said "3rd grade testing, just watch out for 3rd grade testing." So if these worsening economic times or just the stress of day-to-day life ever gets you down, think of Sam and remind yourself that things could be worse....you could be back in 3rd grade.