Starry

Her name was Lisa and she was a blonde-haired girl, but her friends called her Starry because she was so into astronomy! She built her own telescope at 12, an humble 6 inch reflector. But she did spend hours grinding the mirror to perfection! She scoffed at classmates who couldn't even remember the names of all nine planets. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were her distant friends. hours in the cold watching red mars until dew fogged the telescope Her fourth grade teacher, knowing of her interest in astronomy took her to the high school library which had more astronomy books. She checked book after book out. Unfortunately, by the ninth grade she grew less interested in the stars and more interested in boys. Eventually, she took college astronomy electives and finished college with honors, but with dreams forgotten. Yet, I always remember her and her stars. . . lifetime as an English teacher doodling stars on essays Published Cattails - Winter 2016