Kat, I enjoyed this immensely! First of all, your HTML ability is awe-inspiring. (But that's not the most important thing. *G*)
I felt like I *was* your OFC as I was reading, and I felt sad that she was putting so much into this kid who was just going to walk blithely away -- hopefully better off. It reminded me of teaching -- knowing that you needed to give them everything and not expect anything back. Like Kalena, I had nobody like this in HS or college, and I really could have used one.
Some great little human moments here: when she told him not taking a student loan was "dumb", when she enquired into whether there would be a third dependent, and her pegging of Stella as "petulant". I also loved Ray's sweet, misspelled letter.
I was sorry Ray didn't go to school there for another year. *G* Wonderful piece.
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Date: 2003-06-22 11:48 pm (UTC)I felt like I *was* your OFC as I was reading, and I felt sad that she was putting so much into this kid who was just going to walk blithely away -- hopefully better off. It reminded me of teaching -- knowing that you needed to give them everything and not expect anything back. Like Kalena, I had nobody like this in HS or college, and I really could have used one.
Some great little human moments here: when she told him not taking a student loan was "dumb", when she enquired into whether there would be a third dependent, and her pegging of Stella as "petulant". I also loved Ray's sweet, misspelled letter.
I was sorry Ray didn't go to school there for another year. *G* Wonderful piece.