Things I Didn’t Know When I Was Six
The God you believe in acts nothing like the God other people believe in.
The rhythm method is something secret for grown-ups, and it makes them very mad.
If you have a baby sister, it’s because of two X chromosomes, not because you bribed your little brother to pray for the baby growing in your mother’s belly to be a girl.
No black people live in your neighborhood even though black people work in every house in your neighborhood.
Just because birds eat the berries doesn’t mean you can eat the berries.
Your father’s new job in the city isn’t better than his old job at home, but his old job went away, so the new job is lucky anyway.
Your mother wants to work too, but there are rules that don’t let mothers work.
Sometimes Santa Claus has to wait till the hour before the store closes on Christmas Eve to get the markdown prices.
The hospital in Montgomery is better than the hospital at home because the hospital in Montgomery knows how to help a mother who can’t stop crying.
Your mother’s tears are not your fault.