The year 1992. I was umm 7 and in the second grade. Ms. Underwood's 2nd grade class, having her as my teacher for the 2nd time (she was my 1st grade teacher) with my "class within a class" at Detroit Open (now closed) on the west side of Detroit really close to the suburbia areas of Farmington Hills, Redford, Southfield and Livonia. I believe she is the same teacher that deemed me as a "social butterfly" for I had found my voice in school and I was talking up a storm and not getting my work done. My best friend was Chanae, and I hung out with Denae and Shadon. I was crushing on my best friend's younger cousin.
We were living in "our" first apartment on Telegraph, actually not far from the school at all, but mom worked crazy hours so I would often catch the bus from my granny house to school. Sometime this year my mom received news of a job transfer with the company she had been employed with since I was about a year old. This transfer included relocation and a far distant move across it seemed at the time...the globe. Her job was sending her to Bridgeport, Connecticut! Young, single mom with the world in front of her. Mom left to start her job and prepare our new home....some months later I joined her. I remember missing my mom like nobodies business. Probably vowed to never let her outta my sight again! We would have morning calls to say hello and how much she missed her baby. She even told me the company would send her home for visits...I don't remember that! :) I remember just crying at the airport when she left. I was promised Crazy Bread to calm my spirit (which I never got...you know kids remember a lot!) I lived with my grandparents while my mom was gone....weekend good will runs (we walked) with my granny excited me. I would get her to buy me books books and more books! I also brought "real" baby clothes for my baby dolls :)
The more I think about it, this post could go on and on as I recall memories of my childhood. As I have once said...it was interesting! Now see my mom brought me an extensive wardrobe before she departed so I would have new clothes for the school year...you know school clothes. Well, I was just perfectly content wearing all the things my granny let me pick out from the good will. My mom just shook her head when she found out all those new clothes still had tags :)
Like I said, joined my mom in CT; not sure when but I was still in 2nd grade. I was there all of 2 months before I let her know it was time to move back to Detroit with our family....CT was great and all but we needed to go! :) Imagine her shock. I attended Read Elementary just around the block from our 2 bedroom condo. I made a friend Melissa Torres, I'll never forget....wish I had stayed in contact. I don't think we ever wrote. Her parents didn't speak a lick of English and I wanted to be at her home often. I had school pictures taken, even made the class photo (ugh). We sat at desks, had homework nightly, they used a black chalk board that was wiped cleaned nightly. We didn't have a lunchroom or playground...talk about boredom. Probably why I wanted to fleet the area so quickly!
Mom lived in CT less than a year, she requested a transfer and we moved back to MICHIGAN! My granny and cousin came down (had to be summer) and stayed a bunch of weeks. We packed up our place, rented a truck, flew my grandpa in to drive the truck and high-tailed it outta dodge! Hours long was our trip back to MI, mom drove it alone; Granny has never had a license. I was able to return to my same school, no wait list for me! We moved to Farmington Hills and remained there until mom was swept off her feet and placed in the Mid-West....boring Kansas-where the buffalo roam :0) however I have never been able to click my heels 3x and return. Can't say I didn't try at times.
Keeping these flashbacks coming. Need a new year.
Smooches
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