People Who Really Bug Me

Liberty Common School students are blessed to have wonderful parents. They’re busy, industrious, diligent, active; and, once a year, kind of disappointing.  It’s just this one recurring thing that’s become my pet peeve.

Annually, hordes of Liberty parents tell me – in hindsight after they’ve heard about it from others who attended – how sad they are to have missed the annual Parlor Night. They ask if it was videoed and can be viewed later at the Liberty YouTube Channel. 

No! Please don’t miss this again. It’s next Thursday evening. All parents and grandparents of LCS students grades k-12 are invited; alumni, and guests, too. See details elsewhere in today’s Liberty Common Sense newsletter.  

Seriously, Parlor Night is one of the coolest traditions of our school. It’s a glorious date night for parents. It includes babysitting, and some fascinating music ed. It’s free, though donations are requested to help support the student-run Ambassadors Club which organizes the whole thing. 

Imagine, cheerful students bring warm beverages and yummy treats right to your settee throughout the event (generously tip them). Still, one does not live on bread alone. This, everyone knows. 

Young artists sharing sublime God-given talents, the Great Hall transformed into a heavenly 19th-Century salon-style parlor, candlelight, comfy living-room-style seating, romantic ambiance, fellow parents, actual conversation during intermissions, captivating commentary on each performance from expert music instructors – ah, that’s Parlor Night. 

The splendid affair leads LCS parents toward the good life through cherubic expressions of truth, beauty, goodness, and perfection. It is divine.

Ours is a community of busy people, to be sure. Alas, most will not attend. Some, inevitably, will later ask for video…and really bug me (a dramatic hook intended to boost interest. Nobody actually bugs me). Just the same, you definitely don’t want to miss Parlor Night.