title: My Trip To New York City: A Child's Perspective
author: Linda Winters
description: Micki is an athletic, outdoors girl. She loves to swim, ride her bike and four-wheeler, jump on trampolines, and just about anything that keeps her in motion. Her dog, Buster-Boodles, always looks forward to playtime with her. She is in the first grade and loves reading, math and recess. She also likes playing on the computer and singing on her karaoke machine. When she grows up she wants to be a pilot. Or maybe a lawyer. Or a doctor. She dreams of going into space someday. Micki's trip to NYC in September 2008 was a whirlwind of activity, and she and her Mamaw have worked to put her impressions and memories down on paper. "My Trip to New York City : a Child's Perspective" is her first book. Raised in upstate New York, Linda had the opportunity to spend a little time each summer with an Aunt and Uncle in Brooklyn. Manhattan was a whole new experience. Her granddaughter, Micki, had been captivated by the Statue of Liberty from the time she could speak the word, so this trip became extra-special knowing it was fulfilling a little girl's dream. Linda left New York State in 1979 to make Tennessee her home. She works at the Coffee County Manchester Public Library as Assistant Director and Cataloger. Her previously published work, "Cemeteries and Tombstone Inscriptions of Coffee County, Tennessee" is a 1,200 page compilation of all the cemeteries in the county, including annotations. Her interests include her church, family, grandkids, photography, computers, genealogy and history. She lives in Middle Tennessee with her husband and 5 dogs, and 2 computers.
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  All I Want for Christmas * Linda Reilly Chapter One
  
  “MEGABUS,” I whispered to myself as I handed the attendant my bag and stepped
  in line to board. A weekend away from my family was the best gift my parents
  could have given me for Hanukkah. Not that they paid for the bus ticket or a
  place to stay, but they gave me the okay to go and that was gift enough. I
  didn’t need their little bit of money anyhow—just me and a few friends in New
  York City and I would be content. Sure, if by chance I ran into to most
  beautiful girl in the world and she happened to be rich and wanted to take me
  to bed, that would be fine too. But for now, the cheap Megabus fare from
  Baltimore to New York and crashing on Joey’s couch was cool by me. I snuggled
  back into the semi-comfortable seat and closed my eyes.
  
  The three hours went by fast and soon I was looking across the Hudson River at
  the familiar skyscrapers. God, I love this city. I lived here for three months
  last summer, but 