Her Name Was Grisel...

WE MET IN THE FIRST GRADE, I WAS FROM A VERY UNHAPPY FAMILY AND SHE WAS FROM PORTO RICO AND DIDNT KNOW MANY PEOPLE. WE BOTH NEEDED A FRIEND ,AND FATE JUST KIND OF THROUGH US TOGETHER . WE SAT NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN CLASS AND SHE NOT SPEAKING MUCH ENGLISH WAS VERY SHY AS WAS I, SHE HAD THE BRIGHTEST SMILE AND IT SEEMED AS THO HER WHOLE FACE SMILED WHEN SHE DID . WHEN WE WENT TO THE PLAY GROUND ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL,NEITHER OF US KNEW ANYONE AND STOOD THERE WATCHING THE OTHER KIDS PLAY AND WANTING SO MUCH TO JOIN IN BUT NOT QUITE KNOWING HOW TO DO SO .. THERE WAS A HOPSCOTCH PAINTED ON THE GROUND, SHE PICKED UP A STONE AND HANDED IT TO ME ," TOMA SHE SAID , NOT UNDERSTANDING ,i JUST LOOKED . TOMA ,SHE SAID AGAIN, i GOT THE MESSAGE AND TOOK THE STONE AND TE GAME BEGAN SO DI OUR FRIENDSHIP. 30 YEARS LATER WE ARE STILL FRIENDS, THROUGH CHILDREN ,DIVORCE, LIFE SHE STILL SMILES WITH HER WHOLE FACE AND STILL LIGHTS UP PART OF MY LIFE..