Making Lemonade

Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible
things before breakfast. – Lewis Carroll

It was apparent at an early age that I was gifted with an “abundance of energy.” During my first years of elementary school, my teachers enjoyed my creativity and enthusiasm. However, my third grade teacher found my gregarious nature to be a bit challenging—so she tried something different.

When my Mom and Dad came to the parent/teacher conferences that fall, they walked around the classroom looking fo...