OMG, Abby. My gallery is going to be so boring without you
“How many letters spell ‘sunscreen’?”
OMG, I wish that stuff wouldn’t smell so bad. I’m holding the spray can up in the air, attempting to spray you up before you dive into the pool headfirst. Yeah, you’re that excited.
You stop jumping and you count on your fingers.
“S, U, N, S, C, R, E, E, N. Nine letters spell sunscreen,” you decide.
By the time you’re done with all your intense calculations about Banana Boat, like if it’s one word or two, I’m also done getting all that spray on you. Gosh, I should’ve had you in my third-grade class. I would’ve asked you to study with me for every single spelling test.
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