CHILDHOOD TRAUMA RELIVED

For extra credit we are making flashcards. I hated them as a child -- it made me feel tard - like. In second grade Brian Gallagher made fun of his little sister, Kitty, who needed flashcards. Still, it's 100 points.

Every morning I drive past my old house, my kindergarten, my dentist's office and the office of a deceased doctor who should never have been allowed to treat children.

Then in the afternoon I drive past my elementary school and the church in which I made my first communion, confession and confirmation.