No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a
girl's
kiss on your
cheek.»
Expect a little romance: It's made clear that a boy has feelings for a
girl, and there are a couple of
kisses on the
cheek (one involving tweens, the other adults) and...
Big tears well up in my eyes, my lip starts quivering and my life as a mom flashes before my eyes... I see my little
girls, their long eyelashes fluttering on mine as they
kissed me goodnight, I see them giggling, riding ponies, dancing around in princess dresses, I can feel their chubby five year old arms wrapped tenderly around my neck, their soft
cheek on my
cheek, and suddenly in the blink of an eye they are 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, sweet sixteen...