Gifted
Back in elementary school I was put in a reading group. This group was built up as something cool where you got to check out extra books from the library and then come back and read your favorite part of the book to the group! I had arrived. I vividly recall checking out the book that had that one and only Thanksgiving hit “Over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go…” and thinking that I really made it because who gets to check out a holiday book from the school library around the actual holiday?!? Needless to say, this group and I were getting along swimmingly. When my parents were making dinner and could not read with me then my siblings would fill in the gap. I can vividly remember sitting on the loveseat with my brother John and having him help me trough the “tricky parts”. So you can imagine my surprise years later when I mentioned this accelerated elementary AP reading group to my family and there being a bit of a snicker and an awkward pause, followed by the reveal to rival the very best ending of Fixer Upper: “That was not an[Read More]
