The other morning while watching the Olympics, I gazed at the Russian skating team on the podium singing jubilantly at the playing of their national anthem and I teared up for just a moment.
That has never happened before.
Oh, I’ve gotten teary eyed a thousand times through the years when American Olympians have stood there…
Several members of my immediate family serve the public school system in our area. My wife is a school nurse; my mother-in-law was a school nurse until she retired. I have two daughter-in-laws who are teachers and a son who will soon graduate with a degree in elementary education. I’ve learned that family members who share a common…