How has your summer been? Are you going to space camp again? At the beginning of the summer I was selling water and candy at Navy Pier again, but then the police came and told me I had to stop. So then I went and sold stuff by the museum.
Would you rather have an itch that won’t go away or a nose that won’t stop running?
Bye,
Collin
September 8, 2006
Dear Collin,
If I could go anywhere in the world I would go to Cape Canaveral to watch a rocket launch. They say you can feel the vibrations when it takes off. Or I would go to New Zealand.That would be cool too. I haven’t been scuba diving, but I went snorkeling in Hawaii and it was amazing to see all the fish and turtles and the colors of the reef.
I didn’t go to space camp because I’m too old to go now. I thought about lying on the registration form, but they know my birthday because they have it on file from the last couple summers.
Stupid Michael Dunford joined science club even though he’s not into science at all. It’s so annoying. But I just spend most of my time there talking to Allie and I ignore him, so it’s fine. How is school going for you? Are you still doing music stuff?
Would you rather live in the world of Harry Potter or the world of Lord of the Rings?
Sincerely,
Glory
November 14, 2006
Dear Collin,
Why haven’t you written me back? Did you not get my last letter? Did you move or something? I like getting letters from you, it makes me feel like I have an imaginary friend that’s not imaginary.
For Thanksgiving I’m going with my parents to Colorado where my uncle lives. I think it will be good because it’s been a long time since all three of us have gone on vacation together.
I tried out for our school play with my friend Dianna. She made it, but I didn’t. I guess I’m not very good at acting, which is weird, because I’m great at pretending. But it’s okay, I didn’t want to spend all that time doing the rehearsals.
Anyway, I hope you’re doing okay. Write me back.
Sincerely,
Glory
December 29, 2006
Dear Glory,
I’m sorry I didn’t write you back. The truth is, I’ve been having a terrible year, and I didn’t want to tell you about it. But my dad says that it’s healthy to talk to people about your problems, so here it is. For eighth grade we all get to chose an elective, and I chose choir, because I like to sing. Well, I’m the only boy in there, and everyone’s been making fun of me. I wasn’t able to get out of the class, and it’s been awful. I thought everybody would stop bothering me about it after the first couple weeks, but it’s only gotten worse. Even all the girls in choir were bullying me about it until Mrs. Henderson told them to stop. I don’t have any friends, except for you, I guess, but you’re hundreds of miles away and that doesn’t help when people are throwing food at me during lunch. I’ve been spending a lot of time on the roof. It’s been nice to be away from all of it during winter break, but I really don’t want to go back to school. I even asked my mom if I could transfer to a different school or just do homeschool, but she just smiled and said I was having a valuable experience. Sometimes parents can be so annoying.
Anyway, I hope your Thanksgiving trip was good. I like getting letters from you too.
Bye,
Colin
January 14, 2007
Dear Collin,
I’m sorry that you're having such a terrible time at school. I don’t think it’s right to make fun of people for things that they’re interested in. There’s this guy in one of my classes that likes to tap dance, but nobody bothers him about it. Maybe it’s because he’s taller and stronger than almost everybody else. Maybe you should start working out. If I was at your school I would tell them all that their brain cells are rusted.
There are a few boys that do choir at my school and they’re all pretty weird. Except for Richie Dierden. I bet you’re like Richie.
