Carlos was probably somewhere warm, eating three meals a day, and sleeping in a real bed. That was the life
Susan Beth Pfeffertodays the first anniversary of the asteroid hitting the moon. A year ago i was sixteen years old, a sophomore in high school.
Susan Beth PfefferI'm 16 years old. Let me get my learner's permit first. then I'll worry about lifetime commitments
Susan Beth Pfeffer...when I came back, I found Mom sobbing at the kitchen table...Then I asked her what had happened. 'Nothing,'she said. 'I was thinking about that man...I started thinking about...if he and his wife and their other child are okay, and I don't know. It just got to me.' 'I know,' I said, because I did know. Sometimes it's safer to cry about people you don't know than to think about people you really love.
Susan Beth Pfeffer