My Highlight With Henley

During my five months of knowing an extraordinary 15-year-old young woman, Henley, a high school student shelver at the Hannibal Public Library, this was the highlight of my time with Henley: In early 2016, while I was standing in front of the front desk, Henley and a librarian one year younger than I, Cindy, 60, were behind the front desk at the end of the day, and Henley, petite and only 5' 1", was sitting on a bar stool behind the front desk with Cindy and Cindy and I were telling Henley about how Cindy was constantly frustrated in the early years of our friendship at my being able to get "zingers" on Cindy and Cindy could never get one on me. Until the day came when Cindy did. I told Henley (with Cindy listening and enjoying hearing me recount this story yet again) about the day in the library when I was sitting at a library Internet computer in 2006 and seeing the news come across on my computer that Brittney Spears was divorcing her husband, Kevi...