I Stand Corrected

Growing up, I learned three things early: how to stay out of trouble (mostly), how to take a joke (even when I was the joke), and how to survive situations no kid should have to navigate with a straight face.

This book is a collection of stories from a childhood where discipline was creative, money was scarce, and laughter was often the only thing that kept everything from falling apart. School hallways, sickrooms, family rules, and hard lessons collide in moments that are equal parts absur...