Katie, I am sorry for your stomachaches, your Patty, and so happy we both lived to write about it. Childhood is definitely fraught, so many tripwires for sensitive souls. But yay, gentle us!
Your writing transports me to another world, validates my own life experiences, and inspires me to continue to share. I am so sorry for your experience with Patty, and I also had a Patty and similar stomach aches at sleepovers. As always, thank you Laura.
And to think- the worst misery I endured was a girl one grade older who pulled my braids each morning on the way to school until I finally told my mom - then it stopped!
Katie, I am sorry for your stomachaches, your Patty, and so happy we both lived to write about it. Childhood is definitely fraught, so many tripwires for sensitive souls. But yay, gentle us!
You were a lucky kid! Patty was the first of many mean girls for me. XO
Your writing transports me to another world, validates my own life experiences, and inspires me to continue to share. I am so sorry for your experience with Patty, and I also had a Patty and similar stomach aches at sleepovers. As always, thank you Laura.
And to think- the worst misery I endured was a girl one grade older who pulled my braids each morning on the way to school until I finally told my mom - then it stopped!