“So I'm only ten, she thought to herself. And then she imagined her future self, a middle-school Vera, a high-school Vera, a college Vera, a girlfriend Vera, a woman-in-STEM Vera, a mommy Vera, all looking back at this ten-year-old present-day, present-second Vera with all the pity and wonder and faith that older people needed to just get through the rest of their lives.” ChildrenKidsFaithWonderGrowing UpAdultsAgingPityGetting Older10 Year Olds Book:Vera, or Faith Source: Vera, or Faith