Remembering

When I was eight, my sister Emily and I made up a dance to go with "Unchained Melody." It was understandably horrible.

Emily like to watch "Little House on the Prairie," so it follows that I, too, would watch "Little House on the Prairie." People kept giving us these long skirts that we could wear to act like we were pioneers. And my mom bought us slates one time on an outing to kitsch-y Nashville, Indiana.

Sometimes I look back and shake my head.