There were a lot of things I longed for. A popsicle on a hot July day. The cool water on my skin as I stepped into the sea. The feeling of normalcy that I had grown accustomed to in the summers previous. My parents were getting a divorce. I knew even before they told me. I'd always been attuned to others and some things you just know. I still remember the music that would play on the stereo as my dad would spin my mom around the kitchen. Mostly, it was Connie Francis, but oc