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[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

This reminds me of something I noticed about Clarissa Explains It All even as a kid...it was the only Nickelodeon show from that era that explicitly stated the family was Christian and implied they were at least somewhat practicing, even though this was never a key plot point. Probably something Nickelodeon or the Disney Channel wouldn't allow on their live action kids shows today but kind of out of place even at the time.