IRememberEssay

I remember the kid next door with whom I grew up, a short and stocky lad

named Donald Meaux. Did I say stocky? A modern day Pillsbury Dough Boy with

high top sneakers and knee high-socks is a more accurate description. He has been

my next door neighbor for more than eighteen years. We met as most children do

through the friendship of our parents. Our fathers shared cold beers in the evening,

while our mothers gossiped in the kitchen over tea. Their two diapered infants

played in the playpen together day in and day out. In this friendship, which was

similar to that of a married couple, Donald and I had our ups and our downs; yet for

ten years, we spent day after day together. We often fought, and then we made up

once the ice cream man came around the corner in his magical truck. But, like most

good things, the friendship wore away with time.

I remember Donald as a spoiled, aggravating four year old. Neither of these

are characteristics that anyone looks for in a lifelong friendship. Yet, characteristics

like these are not very important to a child of four. At four years old, people

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Approximate Word count = 786
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)