Fame

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

~ Thomas Carlyle

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So, a couple of years ago we took the girls to the Iowa State Fair. One of the attractions that day was Raven. We went a bit early, but - obviously - not as early as we should have gone. The crowd was crazy. This was one of my first experiences of being out of touch with "youth culture" (at least the 6-14 year old girl culture).

It was too crazy and agorophobic for Elizabeth and I. We left Chris and Maddie (whose success that day was being able to see Raven's arm from the side of the stage where they were able to find and maintain a spot).

Instead, we went to see the giant pumpkins.