Most of us will travel at some point during the holiday. To many of us this is a chore, waiting to board an airplane or sitting on the highway in a vehicle. I used to use this time to educate my own children, making our trips life lessons. We would pay attention to other vehicles on the road, looking at license plates to see what states people were from and how far they may have traveled. In the airport, just taking the time to look at the departure and arrival boards, talking about places we may like to visit someday always drummed up some interesting conversations. Even watching the Macy's Day Parade can bring us together to have things to talk about and remember. Of course, we have Black Friday. I used to take my daughter every year when she was younger, and although we rarely bought anything, the time I spent with her is time I would never give back. So as you can see, we can take simple things and simple moments and turn them into memories that don't cost us a cent to create. Just a creative use of the time we have. Many of us forget when it comes to our students and our own children, we only have that moment once. We cannot go back in time and get another shot at doing it right or differently. We have to make the most of the moment.
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