So, I live with Dad and Anastasia – Dad's 'lady friend,' as he calls her – and her son, Darren, one week. Then, every Sunday, at exactly 3:00 p.m., in front of the Apple Store at the mall, I am exchanged like a wrong-size pair of jeans.”
-- Isabella (5 )

Importance: Isabella is describing the Sunday ritual of going from her father's house to her mother's house and back. The fact that she feels like she is being exchanged is an indication of how difficult this is for her.

The caption would read: 'Chocolate family meets vanilla family in the artificial reality that is a mall. Caramel daughter caught helplessly between the two.”
-- Isabella (7 )

Importance: This is Isabella's description of the Sunday exchange she endures.

But the world can't see the inside of a person. What the world can see is the color.”
-- Isaiah (11 )

Importance: Isabella and Isaiah are discussing the fact that people are judged by appearance. Isaiah...