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    Curio's Search for Cool
    Curio's Search for Cool
    Curio's Search for Cool
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    Curio's Search for Cool

    By Mike Harris

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    An adolescent's search for himself, told through the bedtime talks between a single, widowed father and his son. Not only does it portray a healthy relationship between father and son, it uncovers many of the paradoxes associated with our search for a respectful identity. Each night, Dad spurs his son on like Jesus would have, with just enough insight to prod Curio's desire for more.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMike Harris
    Release dateMar 19, 2012
    ISBN9781476316239
    Curio's Search for Cool
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    Mike Harris

    Mike Harris lives on the beach in Cocoa Beach, Florida. He has a Master’s Degree in Counseling from a Christian university and worked in the field as a crisis counselor for over fifteen years. Having sought to balance his perception of life through several careers and participation in five different sports, he is an avid seeker of balance in the Christian life, as well. His passion is to identify God in the common links of life, those hallowed threads which weave all things together.

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      Curio's Search for Cool - Mike Harris

      Curio’s Search for Cool

      Mike Harris

      Smashwords Edition

      Disclaimer and Copyright

      The information contained in this book is for informational purposes only. Any suggestions that I give are my own opinions based on personal research and experience. Although I choose not to live in fear, we still live in the land of legal ramifications. As such, be forewarned to seek the advice of a professional before acting on anything I have published.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment. It may not be re-sold or given away to others. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. (I’ve made them cheap enough.) If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

      By reading any of my stuff you are hereafter implying that you agree I am better looking than Brad Pitt and more debonair than Sean Connery. Who reads these things?

      Meet you at the next section. By the way, thanks loads for downloading this EBook. Heck, for a whopping $15.00 download all five of them.

      And now on with the show….

      Copyright 2012. All rights reserved. Mike Harris.

      mailto:mike@surfandskidawg.com

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter One

      Ahhh, come on, Dad. Not yet. It can’t be bedtime already. I just got home from school.

      Curio, you got home from school six hours ago.

      Well, do you think you could tell me a ‘Mom story’ before we read the Bible tonight?

      Son, you’ve heard them all at least two or three times. You get up to bed, and I’ll be right behind you. Come on, get going.

      Curio scurried under the bed sheets just before Dad walked in. Dad moved the desk chair next to the bed, like he did every night, while Curio wiggled like an earthworm under the freshly washed sheets.

      Comfy? Dad asked.

      Comfy, Curio replied, grinning.

      Curio and his father had a routine. Dad would wait until Curio had found the perfect spot under the covers before beginning. Comfy was the signal to start. Sometimes Curio would stall for time by squirming for a minute or two, making all sorts of weird noises, pretending he couldn’t get comfortable. But not tonight. Curio knew it was lights out in twenty minutes, and he didn’t want to waste any time. On this night, Curio longed to hear another story about the mother he had hardly known; the mother who had unexpectedly died when he was only four years old. His father had kept her alive in Curio’s heart by sharing countless stories of their life together, back before the sudden illness had taken her away.

      So which story would you like to hear tonight? Dad asked.

      The one where you and Mom meet each other, Curio replied without a thought. This was his favorite story, and even though he knew it by heart, he never got tired of hearing it. Dad rolled his eyes back jokingly as if he hadn't needed to ask.

      "Okay, here goes, the How We Met story, take number twenty-three." They both laughed. Curio loved hearing his father laugh. It was more like an eruption—a rhythmic explosion—and Curio

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