No+Time+to+Say+Goodbye

Joey section It was the biggest building I had ever seen, but I wasn’t excited, not at all. Instead, I was crying, I didn’t want to go the residential school. I swear if I can go back to Mom and Dad, I would go to school, I would do anything! Jim was introducing us, I wasn’t listening, I didn’t want to listen, I wished it was just a nightmare, and I will wake up with Mom and Dad beside me

“And these are the Joneses. Tomas is the oldest and this is Wilson, Agent Macdonald said this little boy wasn’t very happy about coming to school. He cried and hollered until he fell asleep in the car.”

Jim’s hand was on my shoulder, I shrank away and hid behind Tomas, at least Tomas would protect me. Jim then introduced us to Father Maynard and the Brothers. After all of the introducing and argument, they took Tomas away. Of course I didn’t want to leave Tomas, but I couldn’t stop it.

Brother Eubieus took Joey and me to the room we would sleep. It was so much different compare to our. I knew I was going to have a nightmare.

It took me few days to find out all the rules in this school, most of them were weird, and the most of all, I don’t like them.

I wet my bed and they made me have a shower in front all the children, the water was icy cold, and so was my heart.

I had lots of problems going on, but the biggest one was that I didn’t like the food there, or should I say, I don’t want to like it, it was different, it didn’t have the same smell with Mom’s cooking. I didn’t eat a lot, but surprisingly, I wasn’t starving, not even hungry, but I was getting weaker every day. I knew it, and I didn’t care.

I got sick badly, I had been in the hospital for a long time, at least for me it seemed like a long time. They tried to let eat, they said I would die if I don’t eat anything. Brother Eubieus tried to help me eat, he was very nice, but I just couldn’t and didn’t want to eat, I was so sad and I felt I was going to die, happily.

Sometimes things could happen the better way; they sent me home, because I didn’t eat, but the sad thing was I didn’t get chance to say goodbye to Tomas, Joey and Brother Eubieus. I am now with my parent, and I felt it was the best thing in the world, nothing can beat that, I wish Tomas and Joey are here too.

Monica section Dear Vivian:

Hello! I heard that you went back to Chillinack, how is it? I wanted to thank you, but I didn’t get a chance when you were still on Kuper Island. Thank you, Vivian, for everything; I can’t image what would happen if you didn’t stand up for me. And for Dusty, I knew she was your friend, and I was just an outsider, but you helped me. Before that, I was teased by everyone, even my friends, they kept calling me LP, only god and you knew how much I hate that name, it reminded me fat Maynard and what he did to me. I hated everyone, fat Maynard, Sister Mary Louise, Dusty and all the other. I felt like it was the end of the world. But then you appeared, told me what to do and protected me form the others. You were like the only sunshine in the cold winter, you gave me hope and you saved me, you told the police and made fat Maynard go away. I didn’t know what to say, Vivian, I own you too much, and all I can say is: Thank you, Vivian.

Monica xxxx.xx.xx