Driven: Tyree Barnes

[Originally posted on facebook March1, 2016 at aprox. 10pm]

Tonight I faced one of the fears that haunts every educator!

I received tix to a movie premier from my brother and ESPN sports analystChris Broussard . Super excited, I picked up 6 of my Kappa League members, one by one. On the ride, i was telling them about how I would buy them bowls of popcorn and snax. Prepping them for the content of the movie. And of course, as any educator would, yelling at them for not doing their HW or for not doing it good enough.

Unfortunately, not long after that the realization that every moment in life is precious as the left rear tire of my Mercedes blew out. On Rt 1, in the middle of speeding traffic. . . .

My friends and relatives know that I hate driving. I thinkn it is a waste of valuable time and an accident waiting to happen. However, at that very moment, I became the most calm, safety driven (no pun intended) forward thinking, traffic manipulating parent on the road. All I could think was,

“My boys are back there, and I’m not explaining to their mother’s why they aren’t coming home!”

We made it to safety! My brother’s from Monupes Maplewood Oranges had my back and came to pick up the boys. They made sure that the boys still got to enjoy their movie and their chance to “turn up on a Tuesday”. My tire is in shreds but my life in order, in tact and purposefully driven.

I aint even mad!

‪#‎GoodKarma‬‪#‎NUPEs‬‪#‎MONUPES‬‪#‎KappaLeague‬‪#‎EducatorsSaveLives‬‪#‎ProtectOurChildren‬

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