The Skeleton Follows Me
If you watch my Facebook fan page, you will probably have already seen this, but I decided it was too funny not to post on my blog.
I went to a wonderful grade school, Garrettford Elementary, in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, that focused on creative activities for its students, from the visual arts to music. Our school district held the Young Author's Award competition every year and for every grade, where children focused on creative writing and developing their own stories. The teachers even printed up our stories, let us illustrate them, and bound them. We felt published!
Above is a gallery of my entry for my 3rd-grade class. Those are my drawings as well. I won! I'm still proud of myself! In today's world, I would have been sent for psychiatric treatment after my teachers read my story. No one shamed me for my little girl's macabre sensibilities. I was encouraged. And I still like skulls.