Dear Reader, This week we’re trying something new…a fable! This is my second time attempting one (the first time being a literature homework in third grade which I absolutely thought was lame�) I hope you like it!☺️ The Turtle and the Frog A turtle and a frog sat beside a quiet pond one beautiful afternoon watching the other animals hurry about their business. Frog suddenly sighed. “Sometimes,” he said, staring at the turtle, “I wish I had a shell.” “A shell?” The turtle look

Reader Note: This story contains references to past childhood harm that may be sensitive for some readers. Hadiza and Grace met in church. Although their backgrounds differed sharply, they quickly became great friends. Hadiza grew up in a loving home where both parents were devoted to each other and to their three children. They lived in the middle-class part of town. Grace lived in the most affluent part of town with her grandmother in an extravagant mansion. Her parents wer