Three Dollars And A Dime

So what does three dollars and a dime buy these days? Well depending on your perspective, not a whole lot. But perspective comes from life and to an eight year old that can be a lot of money. So let's back up to this past summer. Sam's CD player stopped working. This was a big issue not only for him but for me as his nightly routine is to listen to a CD. After hours of not being able to go to sleep I began to think I wasn't going to get any either. Silly me forgot there is always the radio. We must insert thanks to Nick for thinking of the obvious. I wasn't so sure it would work. But we found the local public radio station WCMU which came in quite clear and was playing music that was acceptable. Sleep!

The radio then became a new fascination for Sam and he would check it out during the day. I remember posting the following Facebook status around this time. "Sam just discovered how cool the radio part of his CD player is and informed me that his favorite station plays music and has news! After investigation I realized just how smart he is. He is listening to NPR! I love this kid. Thank you WCMU/CMU Public Broadcasting."

The new fascination turned to basic dependency. He would turn the radio on any time he would notice it was off. It now has to be on all night. He never turns it off. If I do, it doesn't last long once he notices.

So now fast forward to last week. My new routine is to listen to WCMU as they play some great classical music during the time I'm driving to the school to get Dan. I usually get there early and wait. It occurred to me as I heard WCMU working on their fund drive that maybe Sam should send a donation since he likes the station so much. I too figured it was time to step up to the cause. So the rest is history. You can listen to see what happened. (the clip below is 5 min 20 sec)

Listen to Sam on the Radio HERE