The likes of authors Chuck Palahniuk, Clive Barker, and Peter Straub now sing his praises, as does Academy Award-winning writer and director Paul Haggis.īut, as Davidson told the couple of hundred TSD attendees present during the Monday morning general session, he sees himself driving the school bus again one day. From that experience, he wrote “Precious Cargo: My Year Driving the Kids on School Bus 3077.”ĭavidson has since gone on to be a successful writer-or as he self-deprecatingly corrects, “I make a living.” He has published a total of five books, including “Precious Cargo,” under his given name and another four under the nom de plume Nick Cutter. He took the job for a local operator in the Calgary area and, and that decision and the following school year changed Davidson’s life. But he said he pondered the position some more and concluded that feeling sorry for the kids was the totally wrong mindset to have. He viewed this student population, especially, as being dealt with a losing hand, and it all seemed too unfair. ![]() “I wondered if I could deal with the kids’ disabilities.” He said he questioned if he had the emotional fortitude to take on such an endeavor. Not personally knowing anyone with a disability, the offer gave Davidson pause. ![]() He called the company and was told it had a need for special-needs route drivers. One day, he came home to find a flyer stuffed in his mailbox that called for school bus driver candidates. Shortly before that, he learned he wasn’t lunch supervisor material, either, as a local school principal passed on Davidson after an interview that didn’t go so well. “My dreams vaporized,” he told attendees, “I told myself, ‘Davidson, you’re not even worm harvester material.” ![]() He was literally living a hand-to-mouth existence and couldn’t even land a job as at a local bait shop. On Monday, he shared his story, literally a book, with TSD Conference attendees.Ībout a decade ago, Davidson was a self-described, down-and-out novelist whose first published book had just received bad reviews. FRISCO, Texas - After spending a year driving a special needs school bus, Craig Davidson wrote about his evolving relationship with each student who struggled physically, emotionally and socially, and how the “precious cargo” in his care changed his life.
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