"She Is A Witch" Episode Fifty-Four

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The “Is it True?” Series Episode Fifty-Four

“She is a Witch”

My mom gave me a few random items from my childhood recently……the freaky plastic clown doll with the missing leg, my favorite lamb missing an eye, the red and white giraffe with the scribbles all over it and my grammas checkered apron with the tattered yellow flowers. I found a Kleenex in the pocket. These injured, beaten down, torn up treasures…were broken like me…. and reminded me of my youth. Out of all the things my mom gave me, my favorite thing was my grammas Kleenex. I know it’s a little weird. In the bottom of the box, were my first and second grade report cards. I don’t know what happened to all the grades there after….lost in the shuffle I suppose…..and trust me, there was always a shuffle.

My first grade report card said, “She is a very bright girl, but she struggles with simple Math?????” The story behind those question marks might have explained a lot of things, but no one was asking. I specifically remember sitting at that teeny tiny desk, although it probably felt normal size at the time. If you’ve ever revisited your grade school bathroom, you know what I mean…..everything is short and surreal, impossible to imagine ever having used. I looked down at the math test and decided to add wrong, subtract wrong….answer the problems wrong. I didn’t give it much thought in regards to my future....