| 4/2/08—Good news! Odyssey is in the running
for Home and Country Magazine’s “Best Small Town in
America” award. The town is really pulling out all the
stops to impress the judges. Edwin Blackgaard is
directing a reenactment of the founding of Odyssey. My
friends Trent, Mandy and Marvin are in it. I don’t know anything about Odyssey’s beginnings, but I hope it isn’t one of those reenactments that are so overblown and overdramatic that nothing is true. I saw a movie about World War II last week where a soldier carried eight guys on his back to safety in the middle of machine gun fire, all while kissing his wife. And he never got hit! Come on! Where’s the realism? 4/4/08— I’ve written my own reenactment to prove that if you don’t stick to the facts, you can make anything dramatic. The Pop-Tart Decision by Alex Jefferson Alex: I believe I would like some Pop-Tarts for breakfast, Mother. Mom: But we have only one left. And your brother hasn’t eaten breakfast yet. Alex: A quandary, indeed. For the good of kin, I shall sacrifice myself and choose a frozen waffle instead. Mom: But, Alex! Frozen waffles lack the frosted goodness of a Pop-Tart! Alex: I regret that I have but one Pop-Tart to give to my brother. Mom: Oh, Alex. You’re my hero. (Note: In reality, I ate the last Pop-Tart. My brother had toast. He cried.) 4/7/08—The Odyssey reenactment was great! It stuck to true history, even though some of it was a little slow. But thinking about how much Odyssey has meant to people—and seeing how it started with just one settler who liked the look of the place—made me excited about God’s plan. Too bad settlers in the early 1800s didn’t have Pop-Tarts.
—A.J. out!
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