My oldest is in 8th grade, stuck right in the midst of the awkward middle school years.  We all remember those times when we were convinced every single eye was on us every time we walked across a room, scrutinizing our gait, our hair, our clothes?  (The irony here, of course, is that in actuality all attention is much more focused on themselves than on anyone else.) 

But a core truth is still exposed in middle school; that the heart’s desire of every person is to find community, to fit in, and this is none more apparent than in those teenage years.

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