Honey-Drizzled Cranberry Brie Pastry Braid Recipe

I was an accidental jerk in fourth grade. I'm still totally embarrassed by it. It turns out even nice, otherwise well-intentioned kids can get caught up in accidental jerkiness.

See, fourth grade was the pinnacle of my popularity. I hadn't grown into my shyness yet, so I was silly and outgoing. My friend group was comprised of all the blonde-haired girls in class. I didn't know it at the time, but I was part of a clique.

Most of the time we were nice and inclusive. But sometimes we'd block kids out without even realizing what we were doing or why. For instance, one day I got the brilliant idea of creating a language. We'd talk in made-up words and no one would know what we were saying except other girls from our friend group.…