Life Lessons

March 22, 2009 | 1 Comment

So, right now I am visiting my best friend in the whole wide world in California.  She recently had twins, and they are now 4 and a half months old.  I, myself, was an only child and never had siblings.  Here is what I am wondering….
If  you had a new baby brother or sister, what [...]

The Candy Shop War

March 15, 2009 | 9 Comments

In the book I am currently reading, The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull (author of the Fablehaven Series), the kids in the book are able to eat special candies that give them strange powers.  Some of the candy changes their ethnicity, other changes the way gravity affects them, and yet another type allows them [...]

Wouldn’t it be amazing to be truly free?  To be able to make a choice without worrying how it will affect the people around you?  From meals, to activities, to what we say, we all (hopefully) consider those around us, or are maybe stifled by those around us.
OK, here’s the scenario… You’re at home, [...]