Article April 6, 2015 Issue

Clear thought, clear skin

By Linden, fourth grade, Missouri

For a while, I had warts. They were mostly on one leg and foot. Sometimes, they got in the way, and I never wanted anybody to see them because it was embarrassing. I thought about them a lot.

My parents encouraged me to talk to a Christian Science practitioner, but I didn’t want to. They were praying for me and sometimes gave me good ideas to think about, but I wanted to pray all on my own. Actually, I didn’t work too hard at it, though. I kind of hoped that the warts would just disappear by themselves.

In the spring, the warts hurt, and I sometimes couldn’t do what I wanted to do. At the same time, I was very excited to finally be going to a summer camp for Christian Scientists, but I was worried. It got hot there, and I would be in shorts and bathing suits all the time.

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