Another thing I've been trying to do on my walks is to know what I'm looking at, when I'm looking at it. I want to be smart. When I walk down the sidewalk I see about a hundred different kinds of bugs and all I do is point at them like a caveman and say 'Ugh, look, a bug,' but I know each one of them must have a different name and a different reason why and how it came to be on the planet, and I don't know any of that stuff.
Jack GantosTag: mindfulness
Still, he was another guy in the house, and Mom was mine first, and her being my mom is a thousand times more important than her being some guy's girlfriend. So even though Booth wasn't trying to run the show, he was still in the way.
Jack GantosTag: step-parents
Granny was right,' I said. 'When you forgive someone it does make you stronger. It makes your heart bigger than your hate.
Jack GantosTag: forgiveness
They say love is blind, but for me it's the opposite. It makes me see the good in him, too, which is why I can never hate him.' --Mom (Fran)
Jack GantosTag: love
I could see everything she said as if it were a wall painting inside the cave of my own skull.
Jack GantosMy youthful dream of becoming a writer has been realized. I am so pleased I did not let my young self down.
Jack GantosYou're supposed to feel sorry for me," I said. "What I feel for you and what I can afford are two different things," she said.
Jack Gantos...but every living soul is a book of their own history, which sits on the ever-growing shelf in the library of human memories.
Jack GantosTag: life
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