The officer could see she was right on the verge. Okay, lady, there's nothing I can do to stop you. But remember, you're going to die in some really filthy water down there. Revolted, she stepped back. The cop had broken her preoccupation, Father Diamond concluded.
All people are works in progress.
Adolescents are just extreme cases - part child, part adult, part jungle animal. I was amused by some recently published research noting that the teen brain actually is wired differently from that of an adult. This comes as absolutely no surprise to any parent. Which is why I immediately asked for help when asked to compile a recommended reading list for a young man of my acquaintance who this month begins his high school years being schooled at home. Here are some additions from readers to the partial list I printed last week.