October 18, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 11) • Page Image 15
…Wednesday, October 18, 2017 // The Statement 6C Personal Statement: Puck I t’s March 1996. I’m only a few days old, and coming home for the first time. I was not old enough to remember anything, but I will always know this: my grandpa couldn’t be there for me when I was born, so he sent the next best thing — a giant, stuffed dog to hold his place as my companion until he could travel up from Chicago to visit me in Michigan. *** I’m...…