Thank You, Mrs. Golden

By Mildred Lippes

Lenore my 8-year old daughter was afflicted with whooping cough and we thought being with my mother in Sea Gate, Brooklyn would be beneficial.

She thrived there, staying several weeks and when she came back to school, I got a note from Mrs. Golden, her teacher, requesting my presence.

Mrs. Golden said, “the children have already formed friendships excluding Lenore. Could you get her into the Camp Fire Girls or Girl Scouts so she can make friends?” I thanked her for her concern. But there were no groups available. My decision: I became a Girl Scout leader and formed my own troop. I took the necessary training, starting as a Brownie leader, and subsequently “flew up” as we say in scouting through Intermediate and Senior levels embracing the whole gamut of scouting including winter camping with my girls. "Thank you for that consideration, Mrs. Golden,” aptly named.

Betty Goodstein reads her work as classmates Jacob Wolf and Helen Thau listen.

Pat Dunn from Sarah Lawrence College presents a writing exercise. The subject: how to write about events that leave the writer speechless.