What I’m really thinking: the school-trip teacher

Sometimes I think I have performed a kind of miracle, being a parent to so manyWhen you wave off your child on her week away, don’t wish me a nice holiday. I’ve been planning every detail of this trip for months, with a mixture of dread and resignation. For the week, I’ll be your child’s parent. I’ll carry forms detailing what she can and can’t eat, her medical history, her travel sickness pills and her EpiPen in my backpack every minute of every day. In my he