Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

by Beth Hoffman

“The devil will invite Jesus to Sunday supper before I’ll give that woman a crumb of my cookin’.”

“Aging is a terrible slap in the face. My body betrays me every chance it gets.”

I have thought this every day.

“Is the Kama Sutra a volcano?”

Asked by the narrator who is 12. Hysterical.

“far too many people die with a heart that’s gone flat with indifference, and it surely must be a terrible way to go. Life will offer us amazing opportunities, but we’ve got to be wide-awake to recognize them.”