Carol Knarr
115 W. 3rd Street
Portland, IN 47371
260-578-2565
carol@carolknarr.com
When telling the stories of Haiti, the images of the country and its people flash across my mind. In 1984, I volunteered at Quisqueya Christian School and Baptist Haiti Mission, both in Port-au-Prince. The experience will stay with me forever.
Remember the fears surrounding Y2K, the change of a millennium? The banks were to dissolve, computers would crash, and all would be lost as technology struggled to recognize ’00 as a new century.
Every person should have a Happy Place—that place you escape to when reality is too difficult. When the dentist starts that high-pitched drill, I go to my Happy Place. When the movie screen presents a scene that is too graphic for my tastes, I immediately go to my Happy Place.
What do you do when you have the start to a story and it just doesn’t go anywhere? Unfortunately, there aren’t many choices: attach it, frame it, or drop it.
Third grade is a magical time in a child’s life. Most children are beginning to accept the realities of the adult world and are still able to believe the miracle of Santa.