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Be like Gracie Lee.

February 19, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner

Be Like Gracie Lee.

I’ve said it before. There’s a little bit of Gracie Lee in all of us. The good and the bad. The real. The insecure. The humorous. She doesn’t automatically believe everything she’s told by the adults in her life, and although she’s only ten years old, she worries about things going on in the world, at school, at her own kitchen table.

Sometimes she speaks her mind even when it gets her in trouble.

Other times, she works through problems in her own way.

Although Gracie Lee is part of me, she isn’t me, especially not as a child. But writing about Gracie Lee has made me think about my own weaknesses. That’s the power of writing and thinking and digging deep.

Be like Gracie Lee.☺

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Musical Pairing:
Sara Bareilles, Brave

 

Filed Under: Reading & Books, Writing Tagged With: Gracie Lee, The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee, writing

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Comments

  1. Colene says

    February 19, 2016 at 8:43 am

    You always choose the perfect musical pairing.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      February 20, 2016 at 7:54 am

      Thanks, Colene!

  2. Shelly Johnson says

    February 22, 2016 at 6:35 am

    Enjoyed reading your blog today


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

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BERNICE RUNS AWAY (2022)

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