LAWRENCE SCHIMEL
Every Sunday, like clockwork, this young girl receives a phone call from her father, which she's grown to look forward to. He lives far away-on the other side of the ocean-and they haven't seen each other in over a year. On this particular day, though, she receives very exciting news. A very common reality in today's day in age, this story told in first person conveys the many emotions children experience while their parents are not with them-the yearning and anticipation of one day being reunited.