Excerpt
From Chapter 2: Centuries of Memories
We were members of the country club and of the church — just like other normal
working families. Abi and Nathan were members of the swim team and won ribbons
at all of the meets, where they would chug pink Jell-O sugar before they dove
into the frosty waters. I was jealous. I wanted to do everything my older
siblings did. They dove off the high dive at the pool and had friends that would
give them the equivalent of high fives when they won. I really don't know if
people gave high fives back then. It's a trend now that's so silly I can't
believe we all do it, but we do. Whenever someone does something good it's "High
five!" And we smack hands. Hilarious.
(Human behavior is so intriguing. I find myself giving thumbs-up signs all the
time. I know I look like an absolute dork, but I do it anyway. I want to get a
trend going where we're giving each other thumbs-up signs for just being alive
and walking down the street. Sometimes life is so hard and we judge people
rather than realizing that it's an accomplishment to simply get up in the
morning. So...thumbs-up! You're awake.)
I was so anxious to learn what Abi and Nate were doing that one day I climbed t ... read full excerpt from: Call Me Crazy ebook
