February
24, 2005
Three
Characters from your past – come to you & say they want you to write about
them. Who are they & why do they
want you to write about them?
-In
the 3rd grade, the class of Mary Lyons Elementary School was tested
for a new accelerated education Program, in the city of Boston. Eddie Madden was in my class. He had blond curly hair, blue eyes and a very
engaging smile. Everyone liked him.
He
was one of the students chosen for the 25 selected to learn @ the accelerated
pace. He participated & kept up with
the class from 4th to 6th grade. The class went on through 8th
grade; but Eddie dropped out at 6th.
He was a gentle, kind boy. He
asked m to write about him – his kindness and potential – his friendly &
open demeanor – because I knew him, then.
I knew the boy.
Eddie
asked me to write about him – as he sits in MCI-Walpole – now known as MCI
Cedar Junction. He sits there- for the rest of his productive life & will
remain incarcerated – with little hope of accomplishing the potential of the
boy. Eddie asked me to write about him;
as a remembrance of lost innocence, of positive energy and of the people that
had hopes for his success & for his happiness.
My
maternal grandmother asked me to write about her – as she believed in a
community; where both men and women could succeed & surpass the generation
before them. She wants me to write about
her to honor her support of her son and daughters, grandchildren and
great-grand-children, having none herself.
She
encourages her children, to read, to excel at school and to do their best.
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