(CNN) Earlier this year, my kindergartener wanted to start riding the bus. Wed tried a couple of times in the past, once in pre-K and once at the beginning of this school year. The first time, the bus didnt show up two days in a row, and the second time we tried, it was almost two hours late dropping off my child. I was a nervous wreck, unable to get in touch with anyone at the bus company or the school, and it was one of the most deeply helpless feelings Ive ever had. A bus would make our lives easier, but it hardly seemed worth it. But she really…