Next year, at the end of the summer, Bart will graduate from school and take a full-time job. And that job could be literally anywhere in the world (notice, friends, how I said literally when I meant literally, not literally when I meant figuratively). This means, of course, that we’ve spent a ridiculous amount of time debating where we’d like…
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Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
9 of 10: Almost too wonderful to summarize in just a few lines. Stargirl arrives at Micah High and enchants everyone with her strange and wonderful personality, particularly the narrator, Leo. But when she begins cheering for both the home team and the opposing team, the school turns on her and Leo, desperately in love with her, pressures her to…
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What I’ve Been Looking For
Last year, when our church announced that there was going to be a talent show, Bart signed us up. Unfortunately, he didn’t actually have anything in mind to perform and I didn’t have any brilliant ideas either (also, I usually don’t really love talent shows). In my family, you do not perform unless you really have something worth performing. I…
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Baby Face
A few weeks ago, Kristi came to my house for the first time and while giving her the grand tour, she noticed a copy of my senior picture sitting on the bookcase. “Wow, you do look way younger there,” she said. “I think you look fairly young now, but you obviously could look much younger.” I wasn’t offended – I…
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Daytrippin’
Bart has had the whole week off of work and since I’m back to working part-time, we had quite a lot of free time this week. We recognize that we won’t have zero kids forever and that this time is fleeting, so we do make an effort to use our free time wisely. After hearing from some friends that now…
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