In the center of the country near the center of a town, half way down the middle of a lane, there lived a girl named Stacey.  Stacey was almost the middle of her family, too, with one older brother and sister, and one younger brother.
            There were a lot of other kids down the middle of the lane and it was a great place to grow up.  But as much as she liked living there, Stacey imagined something a little different in her mind’s eye.  She saw a world that was a little more beautiful and just a little bit wild.  It was a dream she had, but it was mostly just a feeling because she wasn’t exactly sure what that world looked like.