NEW BEGINNINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12/31/00
Dear Diary,
Maria DeLucca here! It's New Year's Eve Day here in Roswell,NM!
I don't know where I stand with my boyfriend, Michael Guerin!
He's never once told me that he loves me! He's just not that sort
of guy! I still suspect that he has feelings for Isabel Evans.
Anyway, I've made a new friend! Max was mistaken about Tess! She
and I have become great friends! She is a caring person! Just the
other day Tess, with the help of me, Michael, and Kyle brought 10
bags of toys to the mall. We gave them away to children. By
closing time, we still had 5 bags left. So, Tess, in her beat-up
Jeep Cherokee drove us all to downtown Roswell. We ended up in
the parking lot of The Make A Wish Foundation! Before we even
unbuckled our seatbelts Tess was halfway to the entrance.
She talked excitedly to the secretary,who informed her that the
company was losing money rapidly and that the children did not
get Christmas. Tess asked how many children were there. She said
that there were 24. Tess knew we had 120 toys left. 5 toys per
child. We watched the childrens joyful faces as they excitedly
picked 1 toy from each bag. I realized just then that Tess had to
have spent at least $500 on these toys alone. But that didn't
matter. The secretary, I could sense, hadn't had Christmas
either. I pulled out my Real pearl earrings, a gift from Michael-
I mean from Isabel. I handed them to her and wished her a Merry
Christmas. Then we got in the Jeep and headed for home... I
thought but instead Tess raced to a mall and told us each to pick
ou 1 thing we wanted no matter what the price.
I saw her purchase these plus gifts for: Max, Liz, Isabel, and
Alex. She next wanted to go to a grocery store. That's when I
got an idea. So, we dropped Tess off at the store and promised
we'd be back in 45 minutes. I went to a car place. Tess had been
saving up since Christmas to buy a new, Metallic Blue 2001
Mustang. My mom married Sheriff Valenti last week. She's on her
honeymoon in France. Yesterday she sent me my bank account money.
(I'm 18 now!) So I used $15,875 and I bought Tess her mustang.
I told them to deliver it to my house. When we picked up Tess,
she was armed with Miracle Whip, Lettuce, Cheese, Turkey slices,
Bread, Eggnog, Hash Browns, and Apple Cider! When we arrived back
home, we called the others and told them to meet us at Roswell
Park. We headed to the park at 10:30 with all the food. And
cooking spray for the grills at the park. When Liz and the others
joined us we prayed and then ate. Then we watched the fireworks
that went off on the stroke of Midnight. Since the Valenti's let
Tess stay with them and now I lived there. The 3 of us headed
home. I presented Tess with her new mustang. For the first time
that night she broke down in tears and hugged me, saying that I
was a great friend. Then we all stayed up watching an I Love Lucy
Marathon and looking forward to the new beginnings and challenges
that this year would bring.
12/31/00
Dear Diary,
Maria DeLucca here! It's New Year's Eve Day here in Roswell,NM!
I don't know where I stand with my boyfriend, Michael Guerin!
He's never once told me that he loves me! He's just not that sort
of guy! I still suspect that he has feelings for Isabel Evans.
Anyway, I've made a new friend! Max was mistaken about Tess! She
and I have become great friends! She is a caring person! Just the
other day Tess, with the help of me, Michael, and Kyle brought 10
bags of toys to the mall. We gave them away to children. By
closing time, we still had 5 bags left. So, Tess, in her beat-up
Jeep Cherokee drove us all to downtown Roswell. We ended up in
the parking lot of The Make A Wish Foundation! Before we even
unbuckled our seatbelts Tess was halfway to the entrance.
She talked excitedly to the secretary,who informed her that the
company was losing money rapidly and that the children did not
get Christmas. Tess asked how many children were there. She said
that there were 24. Tess knew we had 120 toys left. 5 toys per
child. We watched the childrens joyful faces as they excitedly
picked 1 toy from each bag. I realized just then that Tess had to
have spent at least $500 on these toys alone. But that didn't
matter. The secretary, I could sense, hadn't had Christmas
either. I pulled out my Real pearl earrings, a gift from Michael-
I mean from Isabel. I handed them to her and wished her a Merry
Christmas. Then we got in the Jeep and headed for home... I
thought but instead Tess raced to a mall and told us each to pick
ou 1 thing we wanted no matter what the price.
I saw her purchase these plus gifts for: Max, Liz, Isabel, and
Alex. She next wanted to go to a grocery store. That's when I
got an idea. So, we dropped Tess off at the store and promised
we'd be back in 45 minutes. I went to a car place. Tess had been
saving up since Christmas to buy a new, Metallic Blue 2001
Mustang. My mom married Sheriff Valenti last week. She's on her
honeymoon in France. Yesterday she sent me my bank account money.
(I'm 18 now!) So I used $15,875 and I bought Tess her mustang.
I told them to deliver it to my house. When we picked up Tess,
she was armed with Miracle Whip, Lettuce, Cheese, Turkey slices,
Bread, Eggnog, Hash Browns, and Apple Cider! When we arrived back
home, we called the others and told them to meet us at Roswell
Park. We headed to the park at 10:30 with all the food. And
cooking spray for the grills at the park. When Liz and the others
joined us we prayed and then ate. Then we watched the fireworks
that went off on the stroke of Midnight. Since the Valenti's let
Tess stay with them and now I lived there. The 3 of us headed
home. I presented Tess with her new mustang. For the first time
that night she broke down in tears and hugged me, saying that I
was a great friend. Then we all stayed up watching an I Love Lucy
Marathon and looking forward to the new beginnings and challenges
that this year would bring.
