I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.

It’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. When one thing happens and suddenly, things are back to normal.

But Mary Elizabeth felt different. She kept saying it was an "articulate" film. So "articulate." And I guess it was. The thing is, I didn't know what it said even if it said it very well.

Try to be a filter, not a sponge.

I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people. Maybe that is what makes people "participate.

Have you ever done that? You feel really bad, and then it goes away, and you don’t know why.

When I was driving home, I just thought about the word 'special'. And I thought the last person who said that about me was my Aunt Helen. I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think everyone is special in their own way. I really do.