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Dear Auntie Helga, My story starts when I was about 7 year old. My parents were on vacation for a month in Florida. My sister Patty, who was about 16, was in charge of me while they were gone. One day I was misbehaving and not doing what I was told. And I already gotten in trouble for picking on the girl next door. My sister told me to get a bath and cleaned up. She got my best clothes out for me and got me dressed. She said we were going out shopping. The phone rang and she answered it. It was one of her girlfriends, Mary. When she was talking I slipped outside and started playing again. Without even thinking I started playing in the mud puddles and in no time at all I was covered in mud. When patty saw me, she was furious. She took off my clothes filled the bath again and put me in there. She added bubble bath and said she would try to find you some more clothes. But most of my good clothes were dirty. That's when the surprise came. She told me that before we went shopping we were going to a birthday party, and since I was going to a girl's birthday party and had no clean boy clothes. That I would have to wear girl clothes for the day, and this might teach me to stay clean and behave. When I got out of the tub I got the surprise of my life. She had a pretty yellow dress and white girls sandals laid out on the bed for me. She slipped the dress over my head and brought out some white tights and put them on me. She strapped up my sandals did a little makeup on me she then did my hair with some pretty pink barrettes. She then took me to the car. And we drove to Mary's house. When we got there Mary said I looked very nice, she said she wanted to go to the mall to get Becky's ears pierced for her birthday. They then started talking about getting theirs done, Before I knew it we were at the mall. Becky wanted to get her ears pierced with pearl studs then Mary got hers pierced with silver studs my sister got hers done with gold. Then she said to me what earring would you like. I didn't say anything and her and Mary laughed. Then my sister put me in the booth and told the lady to pierce my ears with the pink studs. before I had time to do or say anything my ears were pierced with petty pink studs. We then went back to Mary's house were they painted my nails and made me play dolls with Becky. When we got home my sister said that since I looked and acted so good as a girl that I was going to stayed dressed as a girl till mom and dad were back from vacation, she always wanted a sister. I was dressed like this till they got home. This is how I look today James C. 
Thank you for your letter James. We can see from your recent photo that this experience had a lasting effect, to the good I'd say. Auntie Helga |