On the fourth Thursday of each April millions of Americans bring their children to work with them. This year was going to be Luke's first time participating, and Mark volunteered to show Luke what he does at work. (Honestly, even if I wasn't on maternity leave, I don't think Luke would do well in an hospital emergency room.)
Most people wouldn't find construction project management a very exciting field, especially for a preschooler. The phone calls, number crunching and office work would be tedious for anyone, but when the only way to reach your project is by plane, the job gets a whole lot more interesting.
On this particular day in April, Mark was going to accompany a coworker to the near-by village of Napaskiak to get pictures of the school's construction site. Mark's colleague also has a son Luke's age and so the two boys and the two dads chartered a flight and headed toward the village.
The trip was short, but worth every second. Luke had been asking Mark for months to go with him to a village, and now he finally got his chance just in time. Two days later Luke and his Nana boarded the jet and said their final good-byes to Bethel, Alaska.
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| Napaskiak |
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| Frozen Kuskokwim River |
