Elementary days
I'm recovering a memory that I forgot long ago.. some parts are still vague and hard to process but I'd like to share it here especially for today, and in the best way I know how; so here goes;
It was 5th or 6th grade English class at Greendale elementary school. We were doing some work and me and some of the other kids were getting easily distracted. Most days Mrs Branston would align the desks and chairs in sections and push them together to form a rectangle so as we sat we'd be facing each other; and that's when it happened - out of the corner of my eye I saw and heard Niall's* big voice ripping on Melissa* and it went something like this;
N: "Yo Melissa your teeth are so yellow, the suns jealous" and
"Go brush your teeth"
and the one that really set Jessie off-
"two words TIC-TAc"
Melissa wasn't saying anything to this, so then without missing a beat Jessie turned around and said
" Niall, two words, Slim-fast!"
there are people and things that remind you of who you are and who you want to be and I am thankful for those moments just like this one. And today I happened to think of this moment in my life and although I may have hurt and stooped to his level a little bit it's sometimes necessary- I'm proud that 11/12 year old me stood up for someone who couldn't stand up for themselves.
Be brave, be bold, be sassy yet classy.. make mistakes. But just go on BEING you. and go on with love and kindness, always.
**Someone I knew who was close to me died two years ago on November 8th, when I originally wrote this story on November 2016 on facebook. It is funny I thought of this story exactly two years to the day after she passed. Julia, my ex-boyfriends sister was kind, sweet and outgoing and would stand up fpr herself. I loved her so because she was the younger sister I never had and she reminded me a lot of myself. I knew it would be a hard day on the 8th so I asked my angels to guide me, and I woke up remembering this story.
Thanks for the memories I asked for angels and thanks Juju.. now I can move on and let go, but I'll still love you for always
xox, Jessie <3
p.s. the asterix* symbol was used because I changed the names just to keep things anonymous for those involved
