Tuesday, May 13, 2008

A Million Little Pieces

I know everyone called James Frey's memoir a big fat lie -- but when I steal the title, it will be all true. Promise.

Not about alcohol and drug abuse - No! More about Polly Pocket shoes and 1x1 Legos.

There won't have to be one embellishment to captivate parents.

You've all been there - troweling through the bottom the toy bin; poking fingers between the sofa cushions full of crumbs and pennies to find that missing tiny piece of coloured plastic. Or mayber it is in the the junk drawer. Ah, the junk drawer. Did you check the junk drawer?

Most times, you find it when you least expect it; in the pocket of your fleece jacket or squirrelled away in the cupboard inside the broken mug you've been meaning to fix.

I suppose, a little like Frey, you wonder how it got there.

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