Lauri Lemke Thompson

To climb a mountain and then do all that yelling, she must have been extraordinarily happy with how she was treated, to say nothing of her new glasses.   

So he sets off toward the car in the dark. Her security system records his walk and his little voice: “Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid,” he says out loud with every step.

At 13, a couple of gals who had been my friends dumped me. Fortunately, Carolyn stepped in to be my comrade throughout high school...