[Jet]

The summer after third grade I had to go to summer school for math. Tonight I remembered walking to school those mornings. God, being there was glorious in our small town. The mornings were crisp and perfect. I had no worries and life was full of fun. I didn't mind summer school at all. Afterward, my mom would have lunch ready and then we'd go swimming. That was the summer I read the Bobsy Twins and Nancy Drew. I rode a Red Chief bike, played with neighborhood boys every day and visited old Mrs. Getz because I liked her cats, Tillie and Murphy, and her cookies. Sometimes we'd play Old Maid. I played house with my first girl friend, Mary Jane. I was the dad. I really did have a terrific childhood....