You Know It’s Them Books What Make

We Are All Flawed, My Dear. Every One Of Us. And Believe Me, We've All Made Mistakes. You've Just Got To Take A Good Hard Look At Yourself, Change What Needs To Be Changed, And Move One, Pet.

Prancing Around With Marshmallowss On Your Nipples Does *not* Constitute Living Your Life Fully!

Other People Have Suggested That I Write About Teens Because I'm Perpetually Stuck In That Stage Of My Own Development. That Could Very Well Be True. I Would Throw Out That Teens And Tweens Are Just Absolutely Fabulous And The Most Interesting People On The Planet. And It Is A Time Of High Drama, And Everything Matters.

And Books Are Such An Empowering Way To Give Voice To Some Of These Kids Who Aren't Yet Ready To Tell Their Story. Or Don't Know What Their Story Is, Or Are Trying To Figure It Out.

And You're Figuring Out Who You Are, And You Haven't Yet Become Stagnant In Your Thinking. You Haven't Solidified. And One Thing That I Find Is That A Lot Of Grown-ups Tend To Look Back On Their High School Or Middle School Years And Say, "oh, Thank God All That's Over."