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ca38fab	You don't have to be part of a couple to be happy, you know.	happiness love self-acceptance single contentment couple self-esteem	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
8b0ce00	I used to think that when I grew up there wouldn't be so many rules. Back in elementary school there were rules about what entrance you used in the morning, what door you used going home, when you could talk in the library, how many paper towels you could use in the rest room, and how many drinks of water you could get during recess. And there was always somebody watching to make sure. What I'm finding out about growing older is that there ..	growing-up rules	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
fc851ed	When you've found the right one - when you see him, when you're with him - you'll feel like you're coming home.	marriage true-love the-one	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
886cb2c	Why is life so complicated....?' I asked. 'To keep us from being bored,' he said.		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
c286f3c	If you are embarrassed about your sex, it must mean that you feel there is something demeaning or disgusting about being female. You are all wondrously made, girls. Remember that: wondrously made, and you should carry your sex proudly, a badge of honor.	sisterhood life womanhood pride sexuality	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
cea6565	Saying hello to something new means saying good-bye to something old and loved.		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
940bef5	One way to tell if you're really comfortable with a person is if you can be quiet together sometimes and not feel awkward. If you don't feel obligated to say something brilliant or funny or surprising or cool. You can just be together. You can just .	friends friendship love contentment	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
ad01082	and I'm thinking how nothing is as simple as you guess-not right or wrong, not Judd Travers, not even me or this dog I got here. But the good part is I saved Shiloh and opened my eyes some. Now that ain't bad for eleven.		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
d6214b6	Since no one really knows what or who God is, or whether God is at all, why can't God be hope?	religious	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
ca7b7d8	There were so many of these moments that could never be captured accurately, even in the camcorder, only in the heart.	memories moments reminiscence	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
9bdf4a6	If Jesus ever comes back to earth again, I'm thinking, he'll come as a dog, because there isn't anything as humble or patient or loving or loyal as the dog I have in my arms right now.		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
17bc76e	The world is full of unrequited love,' I said finally. 'You and Patrick having problems?' Dad said, reaching around to get the butter out of the fridge. 'No, I was just wondering what you would say if I was a lesbian.' 'Come again?' said Lester. 'I'm having a hard time following this conversation.	funny family love fridge brother lesbian dinner problems conversation random sexuality father unrequited-love	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
18c5b48	But how did you know that it was Stacy?" "There wasn't a green light flashing, that's for sure," he said. "Mostly, I felt I'd met a person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. That I didn't need to look any further."" "But how can you be sure?" I persisted. "You can't. There's not just one person in the world who's your type. There's a whole group with the same likes and dislikes. But you want to spend your whole life looking for all..	marriage true-love the-one	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
ba3e48e	I told myself.	sexual-harrassment flirting safety	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
9aceed1	how one lie leads to another and before you know it, your whole life can be a lie.		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
055e61c	We all have our own battles to fight, and sometimes we have to go it alone. I'm stronger than you think, you'd be surprised.	independence patrick strong	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
26a636d	If it doesn't sweat, jiggle, or pant, it's not alive.	exercise living alice alive jiggle jogging pant weird sweat random running gross	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
22b1110	Sometimes the bad guys don't win.		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
4de64e5	I know, but if I feel this bad for Gramps, how am I going to feel when it's Dad?" Tyler told me. "You'll feel even worse, of course, but you'll carry on, because happiness has a way of creeping in again. It really does," I said."	strength-of-character	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
ece28a9	Sexually active? Sexually ? Patrick and I hadn't even learned the fine points of kissing yet! I marched on down. 'For your information,' I said from the doorway, as both Dad and Lester jerked to attention, 'I am about as sexually active as a bag of spinach, and if you want to keep me on the porch and not out in the park somewhere behind the bushes, you'll keep the stupid porch light off when I come home with a boy.	kissing sex light funny love bushes father-daughter-relationship porch sexually-active spinach yelling teenage-girl humerous park outrage teenage stupid teen boys father	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
4e6ea58	I hate that phrase: move on. Like no matter what happened or what you did, you just "move on," and that's supposed to make everything all right."		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
4408ff8	No one looks up. No one pauses. No one even questions. Easy as falling off a log. I		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
5b63e0c	Funny how one lie leads to another and before you know it, your whole life can be a lie. I sit on the porch swing later, not even		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
e3d4489	You get a dog on your mind, it seems to fill up the whole space. Everything you do reminds you of that dog. When		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
e63c8b5	His face looked almost as gray as his suit, and the pouches beneath his eyes looked like little bags for holding all the sadness that his head couldn't hold.	grief sadness suit broken-hearted funeral lonely memorial	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
9626d75	Do we have a hand mirror?' I asked from the kitchen doorway. 'Never use one,' said Lester, examining the date on a carton of sour cream. 'Naturally, you're a male. What you see is what you've got,' I said resentfully. 'Huh?' said Lester.	woman humorous funny hand-mirror resentful sour-cream teenage-boy genitals teenage-girl sibling confusion brother weird girl random gross mirror sexuality	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
e781403	For your information, Lester, there are at least five wonderful parts of the female body that can be viewed by the owner only with a hand mirror.	woman human wonderful brother-sister-relationships female five genitals teenage-girl puberty sister human-body growing-up womanhood teenager mirror sexuality	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
874b6e6	I wanted my children and grandchildren to know that no matter when you are born or where you live, happiness and disappointments have the same flavors the world over.	worldly-advice	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
54871f7	Patrick and I were about as different as two people could possibly be. Nothing embarrasses Patrick very much, and everything embarrasses me. Just being alive embarrasses me.	embarrassment	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
f70c329	Good, because I don't understand anything at all.		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
0e28de7	Wally closed his eyes. He couldn't imaging dragging Eddie anywhere. A tiger, maybe, but not Eddie Malloy.		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
683d378	That's the unforgivable sin, you know." "What is?" "Refusing to forgive someone." "Refusing to forgive someone is the unforgivable sin?" I asked incredulously."	irony humor sin	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
9ea3ecc	Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
066502b	plus a porch that runs along three sides of the house. I told Ma once the Howards had a room just for company, a room just for books, and a room just for plants, and she said that was three rooms too many. First time I ever saw any envy in my ma. David		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
9dfdf85	I'm sorry, Shiloh," I whisper, over and over, both hands on him so's he won't try to get up. The blood's just pouring from a rip in his ear. "I'm so sorry! Jesus help me, I didn't know Bakers' dog could leap that fence." When we get to the bottom of the lane, instead of going up the road toward Judd's place, Dad turns left toward Friendly, and halfway around the first curve, he pulls in Doc Murphy's driveway. Light's still on in a window, b..		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
3fb4058	Happiness is wanting what you have. Being happy with what you've got. Enjoying it, and making it all it could be.	action-learning complexity self-development strategy	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
929363a	Don't expect trouble.		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
c93c318	Sistersville, which is halfway between Wheeling and Parkersburg. Used to be, my		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
0f43f32	The dogs were fighting now, and Judd throws his Pabst can at 'em. "You-all shut up!" he yells. "Hush up!" The can hits the biggest dog, and they all"		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
d3a6390	Last of all, I take the lard bread from my pocket and feed it to Shiloh in little pieces, letting him lick my fingers after every bite. I wrap my arms around him, pat him, run my hands over his ears, even kiss his nose. I tell him about a million times I love him as much as I love my ma. The		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
5687a73	Still, she felt absolutely sick inside, and as soon as she walked into her classroom, she knew that everyone was looking at her, even the teacher, as though at any moment she might stand up and do something crazy. Wally, in fact, kept leaning forward in his seat as if she might go berserk and take a bite out of his shoulder or something.		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
ff0d012	Karen made a face. "Oh, c'mon." "I don't think so," I said.		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
5fc35a8	Thanks for coming over," Beth said as she opened the door for them. "I mean it." And from behind her, Caroline squeaked, "With you by my side, Elmer, we can do anything!" Everyone grinned, and Wally added, "Annabelle, I never thought I'd amount to much, but when I met you, everything changed!" "Cut it out," said Josh, turning red, but he was smiling too."		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
c122b5a	Caroline		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

You don't have to be part of a couple to be happy, you know.

happiness love self-acceptance single contentment couple self-esteem

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8b0ce00

I used to think that when I grew up there wouldn't be so many rules. Back in elementary school there were rules about what entrance you used in the morning, what door you used going home, when you could talk in the library, how many paper towels you could use in the rest room, and how many drinks of water you could get during recess. And there was always somebody watching to make sure. What I'm finding out about growing older is that there ..

growing-up rules

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

fc851ed

When you've found the right one - when you see him, when you're with him - you'll feel like you're coming home.

marriage true-love the-one

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

886cb2c

Why is life so complicated....?' I asked. 'To keep us from being bored,' he said.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

c286f3c

If you are embarrassed about your sex, it must mean that you feel there is something demeaning or disgusting about being female. You are all wondrously made, girls. Remember that: wondrously made, and you should carry your sex proudly, a badge of honor.

sisterhood life womanhood pride sexuality

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

cea6565

Saying hello to something new means saying good-bye to something old and loved.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

940bef5

One way to tell if you're really comfortable with a person is if you can be quiet together sometimes and not feel awkward. If you don't feel obligated to say something brilliant or funny or surprising or cool. You can just be together. You can just .

friends friendship love contentment

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

ad01082

and I'm thinking how nothing is as simple as you guess-not right or wrong, not Judd Travers, not even me or this dog I got here. But the good part is I saved Shiloh and opened my eyes some. Now that ain't bad for eleven.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

d6214b6

Since no one really knows what or who God is, or whether God is at all, why can't God be hope?

religious

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

ca7b7d8

There were so many of these moments that could never be captured accurately, even in the camcorder, only in the heart.

memories moments reminiscence

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

9bdf4a6

If Jesus ever comes back to earth again, I'm thinking, he'll come as a dog, because there isn't anything as humble or patient or loving or loyal as the dog I have in my arms right now.

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17bc76e

The world is full of unrequited love,' I said finally. 'You and Patrick having problems?' Dad said, reaching around to get the butter out of the fridge. 'No, I was just wondering what you would say if I was a lesbian.' 'Come again?' said Lester. 'I'm having a hard time following this conversation.

funny family love fridge brother lesbian dinner problems conversation random sexuality father unrequited-love

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

18c5b48

But how did you know that it was Stacy?" "There wasn't a green light flashing, that's for sure," he said. "Mostly, I felt I'd met a person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. That I didn't need to look any further."" "But how can you be sure?" I persisted. "You can't. There's not just one person in the world who's your type. There's a whole group with the same likes and dislikes. But you want to spend your whole life looking for all..

marriage true-love the-one

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

ba3e48e

I told myself.

sexual-harrassment flirting safety

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

9aceed1

how one lie leads to another and before you know it, your whole life can be a lie.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

055e61c

We all have our own battles to fight, and sometimes we have to go it alone. I'm stronger than you think, you'd be surprised.

independence patrick strong

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

26a636d

If it doesn't sweat, jiggle, or pant, it's not alive.

exercise living alice alive jiggle jogging pant weird sweat random running gross

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

22b1110

Sometimes the bad guys don't win.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

4de64e5

I know, but if I feel this bad for Gramps, how am I going to feel when it's Dad?" Tyler told me. "You'll feel even worse, of course, but you'll carry on, because happiness has a way of creeping in again. It really does," I said."

strength-of-character

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

ece28a9

Sexually active? Sexually ? Patrick and I hadn't even learned the fine points of kissing yet! I marched on down. 'For your information,' I said from the doorway, as both Dad and Lester jerked to attention, 'I am about as sexually active as a bag of spinach, and if you want to keep me on the porch and not out in the park somewhere behind the bushes, you'll keep the stupid porch light off when I come home with a boy.

kissing sex light funny love bushes father-daughter-relationship porch sexually-active spinach yelling teenage-girl humerous park outrage teenage stupid teen boys father

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

4e6ea58

I hate that phrase: move on. Like no matter what happened or what you did, you just "move on," and that's supposed to make everything all right."

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

4408ff8

No one looks up. No one pauses. No one even questions. Easy as falling off a log. I

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

5b63e0c

Funny how one lie leads to another and before you know it, your whole life can be a lie. I sit on the porch swing later, not even

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

e3d4489

You get a dog on your mind, it seems to fill up the whole space. Everything you do reminds you of that dog. When

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

e63c8b5

His face looked almost as gray as his suit, and the pouches beneath his eyes looked like little bags for holding all the sadness that his head couldn't hold.

grief sadness suit broken-hearted funeral lonely memorial

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

9626d75

Do we have a hand mirror?' I asked from the kitchen doorway. 'Never use one,' said Lester, examining the date on a carton of sour cream. 'Naturally, you're a male. What you see is what you've got,' I said resentfully. 'Huh?' said Lester.

woman humorous funny hand-mirror resentful sour-cream teenage-boy genitals teenage-girl sibling confusion brother weird girl random gross mirror sexuality

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

e781403

For your information, Lester, there are at least five wonderful parts of the female body that can be viewed by the owner only with a hand mirror.

woman human wonderful brother-sister-relationships female five genitals teenage-girl puberty sister human-body growing-up womanhood teenager mirror sexuality

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

874b6e6

I wanted my children and grandchildren to know that no matter when you are born or where you live, happiness and disappointments have the same flavors the world over.

worldly-advice

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

54871f7

Patrick and I were about as different as two people could possibly be. Nothing embarrasses Patrick very much, and everything embarrasses me. Just being alive embarrasses me.

embarrassment

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

f70c329

Good, because I don't understand anything at all.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

0e28de7

Wally closed his eyes. He couldn't imaging dragging Eddie anywhere. A tiger, maybe, but not Eddie Malloy.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

683d378

That's the unforgivable sin, you know." "What is?" "Refusing to forgive someone." "Refusing to forgive someone is the unforgivable sin?" I asked incredulously."

irony humor sin

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

9ea3ecc

Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15

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066502b

plus a porch that runs along three sides of the house. I told Ma once the Howards had a room just for company, a room just for books, and a room just for plants, and she said that was three rooms too many. First time I ever saw any envy in my ma. David

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9dfdf85

I'm sorry, Shiloh," I whisper, over and over, both hands on him so's he won't try to get up. The blood's just pouring from a rip in his ear. "I'm so sorry! Jesus help me, I didn't know Bakers' dog could leap that fence." When we get to the bottom of the lane, instead of going up the road toward Judd's place, Dad turns left toward Friendly, and halfway around the first curve, he pulls in Doc Murphy's driveway. Light's still on in a window, b..

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

3fb4058

Happiness is wanting what you have. Being happy with what you've got. Enjoying it, and making it all it could be.

action-learning complexity self-development strategy

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

929363a

Don't expect trouble.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

c93c318

Sistersville, which is halfway between Wheeling and Parkersburg. Used to be, my

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

0f43f32

The dogs were fighting now, and Judd throws his Pabst can at 'em. "You-all shut up!" he yells. "Hush up!" The can hits the biggest dog, and they all"

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

d3a6390

Last of all, I take the lard bread from my pocket and feed it to Shiloh in little pieces, letting him lick my fingers after every bite. I wrap my arms around him, pat him, run my hands over his ears, even kiss his nose. I tell him about a million times I love him as much as I love my ma. The

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

5687a73

Still, she felt absolutely sick inside, and as soon as she walked into her classroom, she knew that everyone was looking at her, even the teacher, as though at any moment she might stand up and do something crazy. Wally, in fact, kept leaning forward in his seat as if she might go berserk and take a bite out of his shoulder or something.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

ff0d012

Karen made a face. "Oh, c'mon." "I don't think so," I said.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

5fc35a8

Thanks for coming over," Beth said as she opened the door for them. "I mean it." And from behind her, Caroline squeaked, "With you by my side, Elmer, we can do anything!" Everyone grinned, and Wally added, "Annabelle, I never thought I'd amount to much, but when I met you, everything changed!" "Cut it out," said Josh, turning red, but he was smiling too."

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

c122b5a

Caroline

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