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I have goosebumps and will not forget this story! My favorite line – I might have missed less than I found.
Reminds of a friend I had at yet another new school. She was so passionate about people. We wrote notes all the time, folding them in neat little ways and passing out to each other as we passed in the halls. I never kept a one. She grew up to be a nurse, but now has passed on. A year or two ago in her early fifties. I lost touch with her and only know from her obituary that she’s no longer with us.
MiMi´s last blog ..Karen W commented on the blog post Where Basil Plants and Essays Converge
One thing that struck me about that comment was the phrase “passionate about people”. Of course being passionate is a very different thing than being overtly demonstrative. I can’t think of Melissa being demonstrative except in those 4th grade notes.
Melissa was a quiet girl who had been a friend in 2nd and 3rd grade… at school. There was no one my age within walking distance. Prior to 4th grade, my parents assumed that sending me to school each day should cover any social needs. I spent my evenings alone in a booth at the restaurant they owned and were trying to keep afloat. That changed.
These short memoirs do create images in other’s minds, images that are partly true to long-ago reality — yet deviate from it at points.
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Isn’t it funny that when we read these, we are instantly taken on a trip backwards? But, for some strange reason I have no memories of my fourth and fifth grade years in school…this is the very first moment I have ever realized this.
I agree with Kim ~ I might have missed less than I found…
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