stood still...

today

the world changed

apparitions of a childhood

it was another overcast day and I was home alone, sick, with the chicken poxs. Because it was overcast, I'm assuming it was fall; I'm pretty sure it was cold. I was in grade 5 so "staying home sick" was an event; because school, at this point, was one's second home. So, it was always bewildering to see what went on outside of school hours. I'm an only child, so, in my home, not much. My mother had brought me breakfast in bed (poached egg, toast, oatmeal, mint tea and medicine) and I had done my "homework" consisting of "research" for an upcoming presentation on Japan ...and then it hit me, "I should write" weird I know, but it just did--it's MY memory

my mother had some recycled typewriter paper in her room. Each one was stamped with a bold royal blue company emblem, a simple crown, with three points, underlined by two thick lines, and the company's initials under that, "C" "L"--there was tonnes of this stuff...I found a pencil, sharpener-I would write in pen. Blue. and I started.

the story is about a boy (typical) who lives contendely with his mom and dad, and he knows a girl, she lives with her grandmother-no explanation, just does. Everyday the little boy and little girl see eachother on a daily basis, whether it be at school or at the grocery store with their parent(s) or playing at the park for hours until the sun gave way to cool air and the night fall. needless to say, they were very good friends...