i used to be little

04.24.02back& forth
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i had leggings. i watched sesame street, care bears & mr rogers in the morning (last summer kirs asked me if i was related to mr rogers. i laughed). in the mornng i didn't like cartoons, i wanted "real people." after school, it was all about saved by the bell, full house, and family matters. he woods scene in beauty& the beast scared the hell out of me (i was six, maybe) & i ran out of the theatre. i owned & still own a tricycle. macully caulkins or however you spell it was my favorite actor. i wrote in a lot of little diaries, but not much. i still have them all, and read them too much. i had an etcha-a-sketch & lite brite & skip-it. i memorized my new phone number and address by singing songs & dancing to them. i used to build forts with the red bricks & sand & my first friend in the neighborhood. then i met katie b & the m girls & we were all set. i met shala screaming across a parking lot. she had a dead butterfly. i'll never forget the two of us jumping on her parents bed singing the lion sleeps tonight & riding on the top of her mom's car (we thought she didn't know we were there! the thrill!) & dressing up around my house. i was always reading. i read all the little house in the prarie books in first grade. then came nancy drew & babysitters club books.


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