A FAMILY IS . . . • Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and Easter, and • Having to spend a whole weekend visiting Aunt Fourth of July. Margaret. • Remembering the past and imagining the future. • Seeing your mother cry. • Kicking your brother under the table. •...
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A FAMILY IS . . . • Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and Easter, and • Having to spend a whole weekend visiting Aunt Fourth of July. Margaret. • Remembering the past and imagining the future. • Seeing your mother cry. • Kicking your brother under the table. • Imagining how it would be to run away. • Slamming your bedroom door—and opening • Facing the music at report card time. it again. • Wishing you could be alone once in a while. • Bragging a little about getting an A in math. • Somebody special in the stands cheering for you. • Everybody eating dinner together—once in a • Somebody saying, "That's alright." while. • "Acting your age" but not "getting too big for • Deciding what TV program to watch, and who your britches." OVEMBER 1, should get the car, and whose turn it is to do • Hearing your parents argue. the dishes. • Wishing you had two parents like most people. 1976 • Collapsing Friday afternoon after a rough week. • Nobody wanting to clean up after the new puppy. • Planning for va
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