I liked to find the underlying meaning of every situation, I don’t think I appreciated reading and writing as a young child. Instead, I was in my own mindset, I would often be alone and just wonder to myself as I watched my classmates play with their friends. I was an introvert. There were times my classmates tried to be friends with me because my teacher said that I shouldn’t be alone. That made me feel like I needed their pity when I actually liked being alone.
I started to make friends in the fourth grade where I met my best friend, Khanh An. We were seat mates and were reading a book called “How to Eat Fried Worms.” Our class would take turns reading out loud a section of the book as the rest of the class followed along. I remember Khanh An daring me to eat a fried worm and from there we became great friends. We would play together and as we got closer I found out she loved to read. She would share some stories of the books she read and try to get me into them but I wasn’t