“Mom, I feel funny,” I said 10 minutes before we were leaving for our summer vacation at Disney World. “You’re just excited about the trip,” she said with the decisive tone …
The beauty of Green Stamps
“Mom, don’t you have enough Green Stamps by now?” I sat at the kitchen table with stamps of different sizes and values, booklets to paste them in, a dish of …
Outdoor mishaps with Evil Amy at Camp Sky Wa Mo
“You must have killed about 1 million fairies already today,” Chipper told me. “What kind of Girl Scout are you anyway? You’ll never get a merit badge at this rate.” …
The Greatest: Important Life Lessons, Courtesy of Muhammad Ali’s Action Figure
“What do you want for your birthday?” my mother asked when I was about to turn 8. “I need something to tell your grandparents.” “I want a Muhammad Ali doll,” …
Sometimes: You Get What You Need
“Angie Lynn, you are 8 years old. When are you going to get tired of this disco music?” Mom wanted to know. “Never,” I insisted. “It feels like it,” she …
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