Dear Mommy,
Daddy almost forgave me yesterday after I gave him one of my "special" hugs. Almost. I paid for your necklace to be fixed too! Are you proud, Mama? I'm growing up!
School is school. I wanna cry when Daddy forces me to go. Conner has started bullying me, and I'm a wimp. He likes seeing me tear up. Why is he so mean? I wanna know him better, but he pushes me away.
Yesterday, my monkey got moved to yellow because I defended Conner. The teacher said he didn't do his homework, and he would be punished. But I SAW Conner's "best friend" take it. Conner said he didn't, and he ain't lying! This isn't fair.
Today at recess, Conner sneered at me and said I looked like a boy with my hair in a ponytail. Than the friend that stole his homework yanked on my short curly hair until it felt from the ponytail.
But he didn't stop, Mommy. He kept yanking until Conner said they had to go cause a recess lady was coming. But there weren't no lady, so why did he go?
I am so confused! Boys have cooties, and are so weird! It's like they're little monkeys.
Momma, when will you come back? You can help me with the boys like girls' mothers do in the movies Daddy pick for me.
Will we have a happily ever after?
The Befumped Opal,
your loving daughter.
YOU ARE READING
Gust
SpiritualLittle letters a girl writes to her deceased mother. Her father tells her that her mother is in a safe place called Heaven, but Opal thinks it's a real place. A story full of first love, heartbreak, and religion, "Gust" is a short story you won't h...
