Tony made school bearable for me
The Greens watched my brother and I after school for a long time. Kim actually watched us before we were even IN school. Tony used to sneak extra gram crackers to me for 'snack' and he ALWAYS cheated at Uno. He loved to make me blush by showing me naughty pictures in his family collection of National Geographic Magazine and he was very proud of his hunting gear, bows and arrows. When I was having an exceptionally hard time in school, he would find a way to tease me, poke fun or just do something ridiculous to cheer me up. Once, he flicked a penny at me from across the science room and nailed me right in the bridge of my nose! He felt so bad ... I remember many names of people that I went to school with, but Tony made a deep impression on me and I think of him often with a warm heart. I will always remember his kindness to me, even tho I was an outcast and had very few friends. Tony, when I think of you, it will be of you walking me all the way home, so far from your own house, cracking jokes when I just felt like crying and helping me pull that giant splinter from your wire spool out from under my finger nail. Honestly, I thought you were going to throw up! But, you treated me like a little sister. Thank you.
Posted by Mary Ortolani
Tuesday August 27, 2013 at 2:26 pm