“Shhhh, let’s sneak out before anyone knows we’re gone,” my mother whispered. On Saturday mornings, while my siblings sat inches from the console television set watching The Flintstones and Fat Albert, the two of us went to Kmart to hunt for blue-light specials, sample butterscotches in gold cellophane from the Brach\u27s Candy bin and enjoy Icees at the deli. Deciding between cherry or blue raspberry was a 10-year old’s version of Sophie’s Choice
