KIDS → FAMILY FIRST SERIAL Issue 935 · November 9, 2022

Half Note: Episode 21 

Debra bit her lip and closed her eyes. “It’s like I’m a Ferrari in the carpool lane”

Half Note: Episode 21 

 

 

 

Anger gets us to protect ourselves and to do really stupid things sometimes.”
— Angela Duckworth, No Stupid Questions Ep:108

 

“How’s Racheli doing?” Eva asked as she watched her granddaughter flounce out of the den after her music lesson.

“Exactly how she should be at this age,” Debra said smiling, putting her music sheets together. “She’s familiar with the instrument, she can hold it right, sit properly. She’s learning.”

Something in Eva twinged. Racheli wasn’t a prodigy. Why did she think she’d be, and why did she care? That wasn’t the point of all of this, right?

“How’s the organization coming along?” Debra asked.

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