Me, Max and the Lucite Boot — Judi Miller

I was the luckiest kid that ever existed. Totally. Life was awesome, though I was afflicted with ASD. Avoiding School Disorder. But, I could forge my own notes. My playground was the Atlantic Ocean. I had my own surfboard with a golden BUZZ painted on it. I rode a wave like a bird in flight. I could skin the highest palm trees and drop coconuts and then scramble down and crack one open and suck the juice. There was snorkeling, scuba diving, pools with water slides, diving off the board any crazy way I wanted. ### "Well, Buzz, Eileen and I were married this morning." "So, you're moving to Florida?" She laughed......"Cindy, no, we'll live up north. You'll see snow. You'll have seasons. And two step-sisters." ### What? No one asked me anything. I had no say? I felt my wonderful life slipping away... ### On the windowsill, however, I spotted a ladybug. No, it was getting bigger. It was a butterfly. A big beautiful one that flew into my drab room. It was the same one that was on the airplane. Then it wasn't a butterfly. It was...moonbeams... ### And then I got it. OH GET OUT Not the Cinderella thing?