Acknowledgement

Someone has been on my mind: my high school boyfriend. I never gave him the amount of appreciation and love he deserved in hindsight. I may have appreciated him at the time we were together but after that I kind of lost something. I know why that was I just won't say anything about it at this second.

We met after classes in the winter. I had just transferred in from Evergreen High School to Tyee High School. He, a sophomore and I, a freshman. We were both engaged in after school sports activities. Weather was not up to par so indoor sports activities were at hand. I was with a fastpitch person he was probably practicing with his Track & Field participants. We were in passing. I was deciding who to invite to Tolo--that is where the gal invites the guy to a formal dance. (Grub Tolo is a laid-back informal dance.) I was encouraged to ask him out--and I did. We went. I, in a dark wine velvet dress and he in a black tuxedo. Details I don't so much remember...we went to the dance and reconvened the next year.

He, a junior and Captain of the football team and I was a varsity fastpitch player--we both prided ourselves in our athletics. We went to all dances we could together. And while he was a high school party-er; I opted to stay at home after one obnoxious experience. Tyee High School parties weren't for me--loud, drunkeness and chaos. Um, no.

He took me out to eat to restaurants such as Winner's and Vince's and, of course, fastfood, movies and included me on their family outings once in awhile. I got to go to Friday Harbor by boat and camping on another excursion. I made him watch a Native American documentary with me. He surprised me with a special order soundtrack from the documentary--which I thought was really special! It was called Robbie Robertson and the Red Road Ensemble.

He was a senior, and I, a junior--and things were getting serious. Seriously, talking about our futures. I asked him about college. He didn't want to go. He wanted to help and work out at his father's business without college. I was disappointed. I wanted to go to school and I knew money would be a struggle for me. I ended up breaking up with him for our different outlooks. But I thank him always for the times we spent together--he fed me lunches as well as well as the dinners. He bought me jewelry.

He wasn't a bad person. We had a good time together...