I love Patricia Polacco's books...she is one of my top ten favorite children's authors! When I read her books the kids ask me why I am crying...again! Today I read my favorite, The Junkyard Wonder , at our Ladies' Tea. Here is the talk I gave: This book for me was a continuation of what God has been teaching me for a while…this is the story of who we are in Christ….a story of Grace! “Welcome to the junkyard, ladies!!” “We are…didn’t you notice…all of us are…different…you know, odd. Like stuff in a junkyard!” I assume that everyone in this room can relate to that “junkyard” feeling. Perhaps we’ve overcome our own inferiority complex or we’re still working through the pain, but if we sit and ponder our lives for a while, each one of us can point to a time when someone told us we just didn’t have what it takes. And, most of us believed them. “You’re fat!” “You’re boring!” “I don’t want to be your friend!” “I don’t love you!” “I don’t hav