Katy McKenna Raymond  
Personal blog of christian writer Katy McKenna Raymond in Kansas City, Missouri

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writer & fallible mom
Katy McKenna Raymond
in Kansas City, Missouri


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From today's work, a little about Erin as a little girl. BTW, I'm up to 10,000 words, which is way under where I need to be by now, but hey, it's better than I would have done without the National Novel Writing Month shot in the arm: I was a little embarrassed because it seemed like my parents were going out of their way to find something really wrong with the Bright's, and I didn't think that was fair. How would they feel if people did that to them? But, as far as I knew, all parents did these surveys, made these calls, asked these probing questions-all before letting their kid go watch "Annie" with a bunch of fourth graders. Do you see what I mean about normal? Back then, I actually figured everybody's parents held certain attitudes, thoughts, and actions in common. Little did I know, mine was the only mother around displaying this type of behavior. Maybe we weren't a normal family-what if we were weird? In spite of it all, I went to my very first slumber party, had the time of my life, and made a new best friend-Diana. It wasn't too long before Mom and Dad sat me down for a heart-to-heart-although their terrible words never really hit their mark-about my new best friend. "Diana's mother called today," Mom started, "and I think we need to talk to you about what she shared." She and Dad took turns then, telling me that Diana's own mother wanted all of us to know that her daughter was a confirmed liar, probably a pathological liar, and that she felt it was only fair to warn us that Diana made up stories-and they were whoppers-all the time, told them with a straight face to anyone who would listen, and that often even her own parents were fooled by her. "It's gotten to where we don't know when she's telling the truth, which makes it very difficult to try to help her," Mrs. Bright confided. "We're starting to worry that even she doesn't know-she's that convincing. If you don't want Erin and Diana to see each other any more, we'll understand…I wouldn't want my daughter to run with someone like Diana, if I were in your shoes…" The upshot was that I wasn't forbidden to see Diana, but from then on my parents were on red alert. They heeded her parents' warning very carefully, and were constantly on the lookout for lies, lies and more lies. "Even if she does lie every once in a while," I assured them, "I know she'd never lie to me. She's my friend, and I would know if she wasn't telling me the truth."
Posted by Katy on 11/09/01 at 07:58 PM
Fallible Comments...
  1. Oh, I've got two Irish dolls! Hey, baby Chloe! Hope your trip was good--e me!!
    Posted by Katy  on  12/31/69  at  06:00 PM
  2. This is the coolest!! I always thought you would make a fantastic novelist - you go girl!!!
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    Posted by Chloe  on  12/31/69  at  06:00 PM
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