Betty

I went to a free writing class at the Hennepin County Library. The instructor asked us to write a story of the history of our lives … mine went like this. Once upon a time there was a girl who had 7 older brothers and sisters. She was known by her father as “Betty”. She was cute, charming and carefree. Most of the time she dressed like a boy and played with the boys. Because of this, in her time, she was considered a “tomboy” which seemed to Betty to be a compliment. She loved to climb trees, play in the neighbors tree house, and play kick the can with her brothers and all the neighborhood kids. Her older brothers were quite protective of her. Betty had one neighborhood girlfriend, Jean who lived right next door. One thing that was disappointing and sometimes even discouraging for Betty was her best “girl” friend when to a different school each day. This was hard for Betty ‘cause she did not get to spend much time with Jean. Betty always knew though that she had a best “girl” friend.