 I remember the days that our little book package came in the mail as some of the best of that period of my life. I think my mom hated those stories because they were so simplistic, but she read them to us over and over and over. During those years, we moved a lot. By the time I was in fifth grade, I had already been in four different school districts. My mom remarried, and my brother and I were very lucky to have an amazing stepdad.