For those of you who don't know, I met a girl named, Katherine at the camp that I used to go to. She is my best friend. We text every day. I write about her in my memoir. Here's a little preview:
The next day, we went on the Slip N’ Slide. It was placed on a grassy hill. It was a red tarp with a hose. When it was my turn, I was so excited! One counselor grabbed under my legs and one under my arm pits. Once I sat down on the tarp, I had a counselor sitting behind me and we slid down. Because the counselors were so young, they could just carry me up the hill. Katherine went next. She let out a cute sounding “wee” as she went down. It was really fun. The boys walked by us and had the “fun” idea of adding soap to the water.
One guy counselor got an industrial sized bucket of soap and poured it down the tarp. While it was well intentioned, it made it extremely difficult because everything was slippery. Before the soap, one female counselor would spray water as we went down. It was fun because it made everything easy for counselors and campers. Easy for both parties means fun however, when it becomes hard, the fun stops. The thing is the soap got into our vaginas, so you literally had 15 girls feeling very uncomfortable.
“Didn’t like that,” Katherine said. She would skip words like “I” or “the” because she struggled with full sentences. This didn’t reflect her cognitive ability. It just made her life easier.
“It got up there,” I said. This was indicative of how quickly we bonded.
“That guy was so stupid. He doesn’t have a hoo-ha,” another camper remarked.
“Ladies, we get it. Let’s shower before lunch.” One of the head counselors said.
I was annoyed because I would have rather been on the slide instead of showering soap off. That jerk! Once the showers were completed, we ate lunch.
“It’s probably tater tot casserole,” Katherine said.
“Is it good?”
“Ehhh…”
“So, it’s questionable.” I stated.
Katherine nodded her head vigorously.
I took one bite of the casserole and kindly requested cereal.
“Lucky Charms, Cheerios, Wheaties…” Courtney was perusing the options for me.
. “Lucky Charms.”
No way Mom would let me have sugary cereal for lunch. This was so cool! There were so many kids who were wheelchair users and who used communication devices. Typically, I stuck out like a Starbucks coffee cup in a China cabinet in my high school cafeteria. Not this cafeteria. I fit in completely. Having Katherine by my side helped too.
That is about a page of the whole story. The stories of my memoir are all about you all. You make my life absolutely wonderful! I'm grateful for all of you. I am starting to post daily Instagram videos and I put some on YouTube so feel free to hop on there and check them out!
Nothing but Love,
Hannah!
