Chapter 10 - Learning Ordinary Things
At nine, Emily joined an astronomy club.
At ten, she learned to ride a bicycle again.
At eleven, she stopped taking Charlie everywhere.
The rabbit remained on her bed.
At twelve, she asked Sarah if they could repaint her bedroom.
“What color?”
“Anything except pink.”
They chose deep blue.
At thirteen, Emily entered a school science competition.
Her project examined light pollution and its effects on viewing stars.
She won second place.
She complained about losing first.
Sarah secretly loved the complaint.
It was wonderfully normal.
Emily was no longer merely surviving.
She was competing.
Dreaming.
Getting annoyed.
May you like
Making friends.
Living.
