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..th e o n e p e rso n I fo u n d b a ck in 7 th grade w h o
[as jus.t lik e m e .. .y o u u n d e rsto o d w h o I w as even
efpre I d id ...th a n k y o u fo r n ev er le ttin g m e go.
'I sh u t m y ey es a r id a ll th e w o r ld d ro p s d e a d ; I lift m y
Katerina Llanes
ey es a n d a l l is b o m a g a in . ” - Sy lv ia P la th
December 8,1981

a lin ...m y en d less ray o f s u n s h in e ...y o u ’re a
e e s p irit th a t has ta u g h t m e to e n jo y life ...th a n k
" I f th e r e ’s a n y th in g I ’v e le a r n e d a ll th ese
W fo r all the fun tim es and fo r all the ones to com e.
y e a r s on m y o w n , I t ’s h o w to fin d m y
T o m y silly penguin, tw in kling star, and “chiqu ita”
ow n w a y th e re a n d h o w to fin d m y ow n
b ik in i...I am so lu cky to have been able to find m y bestest w a y h o m e. ” -A n i D ifra n co
friends so early in life ,. .th an k you fo r “brin gin g m e b ack
fro m b e in g o n e o f th em to b e in g o n e o f m e.’
M y C a rro llto n years have b een filled w ith
m any m em o ries, b u t n o n e as im p o rtan t as th e
lesso n s I learned w ith in th e classroom
w a lls.. .M r. C ., .y o u m ay have locked m e o u t
o f y o u r class, b u t y o u always w elcom ed m e
w ith o p en a rm s ,. .th a n k y o u fo r tellin g m e th e
“sto ry ” o f s c ie n c e .. .R e e d .. .y ou to o k m e in as
a bab y fresh m an year, & n o w I have stepped
o u t in to th e light to qu estion th e w orld
aroun d m e ...th a n k y o u fo r sh ow in g m e all
th e co lo rs o f th e sp ectru m , n o t ju st m erely
b la ck and w h ite ...& finally M rs. B e ll (fo r
N a ta lia ...w e have g ro w n up to g e th e r ...fr o m gem / ken dolls
w h o m I lived to im p re ss)...y o u n o t o n ly
and span glish m ag ic sh o w s to h ik in g trip s & Sunday
.11 th o s e y rs. to g e th e r w e tau gh t m e h o w to w rite, b u t h ow to
b r u n c h ...& so m ew h ere a lo n g th e w ay y o u m u st have ru bb ed
each o th e r in D .C ...o u r th in k .. .th an k y o u fo r sharing w ith m e th e
o ff o n m e b/c w e have b e co m e so m u ch a lik e(y o u are th e o n ly
w o u t o f an u n sp o k e n beau ty o f th e w ritten w o r d ...if I ever b eco m e
o n e w h o can read m y m in d )...a s sisters w e are b o n d ed fo rev er
& th a t’s w h y it w ill la st
and so n o m a tte r w h ere I g o, I w ill alw ays ca rry y o u w ith m e. a w riter it w ill b e becau se o f you .
y o u fo r sh arin g in m y
tird n ess”.

L u is (th e little hall o f ch u b I alw ays a d o re d ).. .y o u are g ifted in m o re w ays th an y o u k n o w .. .re m em b er th a t
I lo v e y o u & y o u r silly little w eek en d c o lle ctio n '"(y o u b e tte r ta k e care o f ch e ste r fo r m e w h ile I ’m g o n e ).
P a p a ...y o u a lw a y s.sa w th e g o o d in m e an d m o tiv a te d m e to p u rsu e a “h u m an itarian ”life s ty le ...8 c as th e
y ears o f m y y o u th co m e to an en d , all I can really say is “san ku , sa n k u ”M o m ...y o u cared fo r m e in a w ay
th a t n o o n e else ev er h as o r w ill...& sin ce I ca n ’t exp ress h o w m u ch I lov e y o u in w o rd s, I w ill d o so w ith a
g reat b ig h u g (n o p a ttin g p le a se )’’it’s h ap p enin g , it’s h ap p en in g ” th an k y o u b o th fo r y o u r u n en d in g
su p p o rt & co n fid en ce in m e th a t has allow ed m e to g ro w in to th e w o n d erfu lly assertive & in d ep en d en t girl
e s o u l o f a y o u n g g ir l. ” - A n n e F ra n k I am to d ay .