The good news is, this is a weak one.

You get to know them, and all about their family, their aches and pains. Sometimes you laugh with them, sometimes you cry with them.

I never take anything personally. If they don't respond, I figure it's because of what's going on in their own life; they're preoccupied. I just try to help them with what I can.

You can tell a lot by someone's body language.

It really gets your blood going in the morning.

This complicates it a little. She can't have the school lunch because there's wheat on every plate. So I pack her lunch at home.