Mommy Won’t Be Home For a While
image from La Cronica de Mexicali
It seems that recently, including today, the earth just can’t stop shaking. This afternoon we felt the effects of the Mexicali earthquake, almost 220 miles away, clearly and strongly here in Los Angeles. Coincidentally, the LAUSD middle school where I work has had Emergency Preparedness as our topic of professional development twice in the last month. As a native Californian, I have heard this spiel many times, and it always looms in the back of your mind. But its getting harder to ignore the signs that the earth is getting ready to release some energy around this part of the world. And we’d better be ready.
Which leads me to the difficult (and overdue) conversation I had with my daughter today.
See, as public servants, teachers are designated as Disaster Service Workers, according to the California
