Mark Twain Elementary

The new Mark Twain Elementary School had an open house tonight. If you haven't taken the time to see the great work the architects and construction folks did with this new facility, check out this brief photo blog of the new school. It really is an amazing building and should be a great place for many kids in Hannibal to learn. As an alumni from the old Mark Twain Elementary, I really enjoyed seei

My heart hurt today.  I'm not normally a big softie, but when we took my youngest daughter by Mark Twain Elementary for her kindergarten orientation, I was reminded of an event and a time and a place that I had not thought of in forever.  You're probably gonna laugh at me (this happens a lot), but the event I'm talking about is the distinct moment when my voice changed.  The place was the stage at