“Why does it scare me to think I might be ordinary? I remember when I started first grade and I could hardly pay attention for fear I wouldn't learn to read and write. I didn't want to be like everyone else. I didn't want to have to learn. I wanted to know everything already” ReadingFearIndividuality Book:Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 1970s Source: Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 1970s
“I love watching Daddy play with Sara. I remember exactly how it felt to hold Daddy's hand when I was little. You could show me the hands of a thousand men and I could pick out my Daddy's, no problem.” Family1970 SLousiana Book:Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 1970s Source: Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 1970s