Follow the Star
Christmas Stories That Changed My Life
Chapter One
Life Is
a Journey
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We were five passengers making our
Christmastime road trip in a fume-filled,
rust-covered, partially broken
rendition of a family car. My parents bounced along the
highway on the front seat, while all three children-my
brother, my sister, and I-were piled up in the back,
wrestling and tussling, giggling and complaining. The
laughter and teasing was always interrupted by someone's
squealing and the clamor always reached its
high point when my brother pinched my sister and I,
the baby of the family, began to whine because I was
hungry.
The West Virginia mountains through which we
drove were beautiful but often perilo ... read full excerpt from Follow the Star: Christmas Stories That Changed My Life ebook
