In My Life......We Are All Connected

When I was a little girl in the first grade I went to Hopkins Street School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Well that was after they tore down my first elementary school Twelfth Street School right next door to North Division High School. Well anyways....I was sent to Hopkins Street school with my shy self and sat next to this boy named Russell Woods. I knew no one else really save for a little girl by the name of Anna Swannigan. I will never forget her name nor her. She was the only Asian child in our class....no I think our school. Her mom was Asian I knew that her dad I believe was African American. Anna was my best friend really in first grade. I felt like such an outcast being the new girl in school and she always played with me at recess.
I can see it now, Milwaukee, Wisconsin a cold and dreary fall afternoon with two little girls playing hopscotch, or painting pretty pictures on the ground with a paintbrush and water or bouncing that huge rubber ball every first grader had back in the mid seventies off of each other. That was us...me and Anna Swannigan.
I can remember her mom walking to come pick her up every single day. I can remember Anna had an Afro and very pale skin and full lips. She cried a lot. I did too. We were a bunch of babies really. I remember she owned a light blue wind breaker.
To be honest with you we were the out casts of the school of first grade. No one really wanted us to be their friend because I was the new girl and she was Asian and black. I didn't care all I wanted was someone who liked me for me, who would talk to me and be my friend. They picked on Anna because of her hair because it was curly and long. They picked on me 'cause I was me lol. Who knows?
One day Anna didn't come to school, then another day went by and she still didn't come. Those days turned into school years and I never saw Anna again. Strange I know but I think of her often, as if she still needs me to be her friend.
I have searched for her online, seriously I have. But now I just may find her, I found this site called MyLife This is a website that helps you find people using social networking websites and searching them. You can sign up for free which is great and at three dollars a month for a full year membership you won't miss a lunch at a local fast food restaurant.
I actually signed up and found out I am a very popular person! This site actually lets you know when people are looking for YOU. Now that's pretty nice.
So I'm excited. I may be able to find my friend Anna Swannigan and I might even get to see her mom again and meet her husband and her children. Or maybe she is a big business tycoon somewhere?
Hey Anna if you happen to read this.......Hi, I've missed you.



Til Next Time

Mamma