Friends from Childhood

Glenda was my best friend throughout all of my life. One of

   my first memories is of us sitting in the cow pasture at our grandparents farm

   blowing dandelion fluff at each other and laughing. We were the same age and

   would scream with delight when one of us saw the other ones car drive up the

   lane to the farmhouse.

   We started dance lessons at 2…little Shirley Temples in the making. Our Mothers

   were very close and very talented. They sewed our beautiful dance costumes and

   encouraged us to practice by singing and dancing with us. They both sacrificed so

   much  so we could have these lessons with the best teacher in Dallas at the time.

   When Glenda was 9 or maybe 10 her Mom, Vera,…Aunt V to me, died of breast

   cancer changing her young life forever. Somehow even through all the years of

   bouncing around and living with various family members and even in an orphanage

   for a while she managed to keep her sense of self and was the same cousin I had

   always loved to be with.

   She lived at our grandparents farm for her last year or two of high school and

   soon adapted to that new normal. She fit right in and was very popular with the

  “country kids”, never copped a “city girl” attitude and learned some pretty neat

   stuff herself. She was the most beautiful girl for miles around!

   When she graduated and came back to Dallas to get a job  Wow! The city girl

   was back! She fit right in again. She bought beautiful clothes  had lots of friends

   and quite the social life. Her biggest worry was what new shade of nail polish

   to buy. Not Kidding!

   I could go on forever.

   I loved her,

  Tootie

  Oh, also she could dive and was a really good swimmer.