Pick Me Up!

GETTING A KICK

Waiting at the school gates for my daughter Shawna, I waved as I spotted her coming.

Seeing her sad broke my heart

But even from a distance, I could see she looked glum.

‘Everything OK?’ I asked, as I took her by the hand and headed home.

She was quiet.

‘Some other kids were mean today,’ she said. ‘They pulled my hair.’

Shawna was only four, and she

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