When I was in fourth grade, my teacher was Sister Prudencia. She loved me and I loved her. I was her pet. The school consisted of eight grades and they were having a play which would be held at North Scranton Jr. High School stage. I was chosen as the lead. The play was “The Princess Who Never Smiled.” I had to sit on a gold throne and each of the eight grades would have to perform in front of me trying to make me smile or laugh. It is an old European Bedtime story. My parents were there together and I remember how happy I was and could not smile. All through grade school, I had a crush on a boy named Marty - he would give me a Valentine and I would quickly tear it up so no one would know. I am quite a private person. I always had lots of friends, male and female, and was never bullied in any way - just curl pulling . One of my regrets is that I have no brothers or sisters. I feel cheated. This is probably why I love and keep my friends. I remember sitting on my daddy’s lap to listen to “Jack Armstrong” The All American Boy. Also Inner Sanctum and other scary radio shoes including The Shadow. I remember Franklin D Roosevelt told the radio listeners, “There is no fear but fear itself,” when WWII was going on. I remember having to hide under my desk at school to practice for air raids to come during the war. I remember collecting tin cans and taking off tops and bottoms and flattening them for the war effort. I also always had a victory garden. I love to grow things.
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