Posted in Josie, Lawrence, cookies on Feb 10th, 2008
Ah, another year at the Douglas County Spelling Bee. The school clock ticked, …and parents were asked to turn cell phones off. Some forgot. “Interplanetary.” “Difficult.” “Mercurial.” And that’s just a few. There was also tempestuous, theologist, preengagement, and, perhaps the cruelest word of all, “misspelling.” Which some poor young soul (not Josie) misspelled. Josie [...]
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Posted in Chicagoland on Feb 8th, 2008
Tomorrow morning Josie will be standing onstage at the Douglas County Spelling Bee, with a paper number around her neck and a hushed audience of parents. It will be the third trip representing her school at the bee. We help her practice with spelling, but we don’t push it – that would be the kiss [...]
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