Brand New Socks

by Shairi Engle “Can we keep it?” my eight year old asked, using his giant blue eyes persuasively.   My son Tristin, my older brother, and I had just stumbled upon a baby bird flailing about on the ground.  “Go ahead, T, pick it up,” suggested my brother and my mind was immediately flooded with Brand New Socks

My Best Kisses

Sarah Tomp’s coming-of-age novel, My Best Everything, has the best of everything we want in a good story: Characters with chemistry Revved up emotions Romance Adventure High stakes, and The best kisses! What makes a good kiss, in literature? You might want to read Emily Temple’s post, “10 of the Greatest Kisses in Literature” (The My Best Kisses