We’ve all had them, a bad day when nothing seems to go our way.

I remember reading the book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day to my first-grade class. They giggled and rolled on the floor as Alexander struggled through arguments with his siblings, gum in his hair, and a marathon day of difficulties. All the while, Alexander kept proclaiming he was moving to Australia, as if this would solve all his problems.

At the end of the book, Alexander’s mom hugged him and said, “Some days are like that.”