aunt nancy

As I hung up the phone with my friend Emily I could barely contain my excitement. Reluctantly my mother had agreed that she could come over for a few hours. Looking back I guess watching two 11 year-old girls was somewhat of a job. Her mom was going to drop her off at my house in about an hour so that we could swim in my pool. I wish that had been what I would always remember about that day, but it wasn’t.
I hurriedly began cleaning up my room and making up my bed. This was not because I wanted to, but instead because it was part of the bargain I had made with my mother. I ran and put on my bathing suit grinning from ear to ear in anticipation of the hours of fun I was sure to have later that day. It was still somewhat cold and slightly damp from when I had taken it off the night before and laid it on the side of the bathtub to dry. I heard my mother yell from the kitchen and ask me what flavor of Kool-aid I would like to have. I of course chose grape, it was my favorit...