Homeschooling

[Bob & Keely Bush]

Holly Lisle wrote:

> I know what you mean.  We didn't even make it into the lower
> middle class until I was in high school.  I lived in a series of trailer
> parks alternating with mission houses in foreign countries until then.
> Seventh grade was tough -- my sister and I shared a fold-out couch
> in the den, which butted onto the kitchen and didn't have either walls
> or a door -- I was so grateful that we got to sleep out in the tent
> when Keely came over to spend the night.  And more grateful when
> I got to go to her house.  She actually _had_ a house.

So that night we spent in the chicken coop wasn't a treat for you???  Hmmm.


> But hell year for me was eighth grade, when I ended up in a Costa
> Rican private school with a bunch of kids whose parents were with
> the embassy.  I still cringe remembering that year.  The fact that I
> made As and A+s did not help my social standing a bit.

Aaah!  But all the guys loved you because of your light hair!  (At least, that
is what you told me back then!!!)


> I played guitar, wrote "slit your wrist" songs, and tried to learn the
> languages in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.  I was lucky to have a few
> good friends, some of whom I'm still in touch with.

You also wrote love songs!  And those good friends that you are still in touch
with ... you just can't get rid of us!!!

Keely