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From: comet
Date: 03 Nov 2000
Time: 13:16:29
Remote Name: 205.188.193.23
I used to go to Hockaday. I was in the seventh grade when Wendy was a senior. I just wanted to share with her family what she did for me once. One day, in March of 1996, the school nurse came and got me out of class. She told me my brother was on his way to pick me up. She left me alone in terry house and I started to cry. In January of 1995 my mother was diagnosed with cancer. She had been struggling for the past few months to stay alive and they had warned us that she would be gone any day now. I knew my brother was coming to get me because she had died. So I sat alone in my little plaid skirt and cried. That was when Wendy saw me. I guess she was just walking by but she kneeled down and tapped me on the head and asked me if I was alright. I told her I was fine and that I was waiting for my brother to come and pick me up. She told me I looked scared, which I remember thinking was odd because I was just crying. And then for some reason I told her that my mother had died. I had not told anyone at school about my mom, not even the teachers knew because my family did not want me to receive any special treatment. But for some reason, I trusted Wendy. She sat there with me for a couple more minutes in silence until my brother pulled up outside. I have never met someone so comforting. She did not even know me. I was not in school for a couple of weeks after that and when I came back I can remember seeing Wendy, but I never talked to her again. She would wink at me when she walked by or wave silently, but we never spoke again. Then the years past and I left Hockaday. I am now a senior in high school and planning to attend college at either Occidental or Pitzer and today I heard about this Hockaday girl in California who's life was taken. I looked in the paper and there she was, the girl who I think of all the time. I truly believe your daughter was an angel and because I never got to thank her, I decided to thank you, her parents. She really made a difference in my life. Thank you.