Thursday, August 4, 2011

Flavor #25 "Pink Bubblegum"

Middle school.   Life was relatively normal till then, ups and downs.  Good times, silly times, awful times.  Everyday kind of ordinary.

When we moved across town to the house on Bonnie Brae, things went upside down.  A lot better neighborhood, but not much could compensate for Lincoln Middle School.  It was a nightmare.  Some of the teachers out of a Dicken's novel, some of the kids and gangs not yet in reform school.  It was hell.  Took a semester to home school you, and maybe I was your worst nightmare.  Think I got more out of it than you.

Anyway, that was the end of the line for the great American happy bubble.  There were moments though that were good.  Neighborhood hijinks with Lauren & Greg, wild videos with Chris.  And more.  There were some fun highlights.  So many lowlights.  Would we ever see that amazing smile again?

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