She pouted in the shadows beside the winding two-lane blacktop.  Her gray weathered planks were held in place by Lucky Strike, Orange Crush and Little Miss Sunbeam, hugging a loaf of bread. Old men — probably  in their thirties — sat on upturned crates on the rickety front porch, whittling their philosophies of life from [...]

Childhood can get so confusing sometimes. Especially when the adults keep changing the rules in mid-stream. Often our demands can be contradictory to a child. For instance: PARENT: “Look at me when I talk to you…Don’t give me that look…Answer me when I  speak to you…Don’t you talk back to me…Go to your room this [...]