Childhood
Oct 7 2008, Sarah Naguib

“Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, and a few shatter childhoods completely..into jagged little pieces, beyond repair”
The 5 People you meet in heaven.

Cracked glass-like youth is not...

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Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., reminisces with his cousins Jean Finnegan, left, and Mary Gaffney, right as he visits his childhood home in Scranton, Pa. Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.