Kathy 131 x 365

Elementary school classmate, Kathy often smelled like garbage. I don’t think I was ever mean to her, but I shunned her along with everyone else. We both ended up at the outcasts table in junior high, along with Chris, Pam and Cindy. We weren’t all that different after all.

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Bridgett said…
I shunned a girl in 6th grade like that. She wound up planning our reunion. Two kids, nice husband, just like me.
1/23/07, 11:59 AM
Otter said…
Your last sentence really sums it all up.
1/23/07, 3:14 PM
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