Remember being with a group of friends where you felt safer and more included than you had ever felt at home, friends you had always wanted, who made you look around with a lump in your throat, wishing you could stop time? They were a lot like the groups in all the popular stories. They were the reason people love MASH, Harry Potter, Narnia, Friends, The Lord of the Rings etc. They were a group of imperfect, overwhelmed and harassed people who became winners because they didn't have to face the overwhelming odds, alone. Even in the face of dark wizards, popular girls, bad hair days or War,...
Remember being with a group of friends where you felt safer and more included than you had ever felt at home, friends you had always wanted, who made ...
Have you ever thought, "I'd love a do - over on my life?" Nine year old Duffy Barkley had been offered that chance, and in Duffy Barkley is Not a Dog, he took it - but like every choice, once made, there were consequences to be lived with. For Duffy, going back to an earlier time un-did the damage of serious choices and left him with a stronger instinct for compassion and courage. But it left him without the memories of the life that he had lived and the lessons he had learned. It came with no guarantees that he wouldn't make exactly the same mistakes or new ones again. It left him without...
Have you ever thought, "I'd love a do - over on my life?" Nine year old Duffy Barkley had been offered that chance, and in Duffy Barkley is Not a Dog,...
