Stacey's Book by Ann M. Martin

Author:Ann M. Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-12-14T05:00:00+00:00

The only good thing about those classes was that when they ended Laine and I could go back to being best friends who could talk on the phone and play at each other’s houses on weekends.

Believe it or not, now I’m glad I took ballroom dancing. I actually learned how to be coordinated. And if a guy knows something like the fox-trot or the lindy I don’t step all over his toes. It’s especially handy when I go to weddings or bar mitzvahs and someone like my father or uncle Lou wants to dance with me.

I think one of the reasons I chose this incident to include in my autobiography is because when it happened I was exactly the age that my favorite baby-sitting charge, Charlotte Johanssen, is now. Charlotte is an only child like me and we love one another like sisters. But still, she’s a little kid. So when I think of what Laine and I did, and try to imagine how I’d feel if I were responsible for Charlotte and she did something like that … well, I get goose bumps all over.

Still, I learned a lot on those afternoons when we skipped classes. Being self-confident and independent during those hours of freedom proved to me that I wasn’t afraid of new situations. And since I’ve had so many of these in my life (remember the two “Ds”), you can see that it’s been helpful.

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