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When I was small, I had incredible difficulty with numbers.
NPR: Living With an Inability to Do Math
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When I was small, I would sit on his lap, staring at the stump of his left index finger, rounded and smooth, the top two knuckles so cleanly severed it seemed he'd been born without them.
NPR: Excerpt: 'City of Thieves'
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When I was a small boy, I used to take the picture to bed with me every night, because for more than three years my father was deployed, unable to live with us full-time, serving overseas or in bases where there was no family housing.
NPR: State of the Union: Democratic Response Text