January 4th 1988 (AKA: The crush)

Drew, if you happen to be reading this.....

                           ....... I was eleven?  and.... it does... get... worse.......

                                                                                             ......a lot worse.....

I love Drew I love Drew his hair may look silly, but I love Drew!    by Tara

Today at school I couldn't participate because I sprained my wrist.  We started speeches today.  Mine will be on deaf people.  I'm going to try to translate it in sign language as I talk.  Brrrrr.......  and today it was 

COLD

i hope not tomorrow!!

What was the ice age like?

Background

I was ravenous for input as a kid.  I would sit in the crawl space of the house and read encyclopaedias for fun!  Everything was interesting to me, and I could never get enough of learning new things.  I have no doubt I got a book from the library on sign language and actually tried to learn some of it.  Though, I never did get further than learning the alphabet

As for Drew.....

Well?

Leave it to me to be different.  Drew was no sports star, or anything close to the coolest kid in class.  He was, well, the nerdiest kid in the school.  I have no idea why I fixated on him, but I think it started in grade two.  We were in the same class together, and both of us identified as gifted.  One day, he got taken out of class so he could be placed in a higher grade.  It was that that caught my attention.  I watched him leave, and became obsessed.  From that day on, the very sight of him would cause a four alarm meltdown!  And, it went on for years.  My diaries are so crammed with messages of love and sappy drawings, I can't help but cringe.

I just hope he's flattered :/



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