"Dear Meg... I think you're the tops. You are a really swell girl and I've really loved getting to know you.... "(Do you not love their slang? tops, swell.. in fifty years our kids are going to be rolling their eyes at the weird slang we have adopted in our generation)
"...I was pretty sad when you said you were going steady, not because I didn't think you were capable, but because I always wanted to go steady with you, and it was sad that you were unavailable. I liked you even more than Nancy, even when I was dating her. After a while I realized she was just like everybody else. But you aren't, Meg. You aren't like all the other girls. You are really swell. And I'm not just saying the same old B.S. that people write in yearbooks..."(yes, they said B.S. back then, too)
"....I really mean that. And I know a lot of other guys who feel the same. I am really glad that we are friends, even though I'd like to be more than friends. Just remember you can always come to me for anything.... "Oh yes, it got pretty spicy. Turns out Meg was quite the man-killer!
I never doubted. I hope that if I get Alzheimer's, I'm the Meg of the place. She always laughs at her own jokes, sneaks food to the dog under the table, and is just spunky.
Then we of course had to look up his picture. And as soon as I pointed at it Meg said,
"Oh HIM? He's ugly!"
That made us all laugh. He wasn't even that bad looking. She apparently just had a lot of room to be choosey.
Later as we flipped to the pages, next to some random girl's picture, Meg had written a line across the page pointed to her face and one word. "CROOK!"
I love her. I love them all. I love my job. :)
LOVE! I'm glad you shared this; it made me smile!
That really is the best job. :) Wow. I'm convinced more and more that I've been born in the wrong era...or perhaps not. Maybe we've been born into this era to have a great appreciation for the days gone by. That is so grand.
And Kait? I have no doubt that you will be the Meg of the place. Haha.
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