365 Days of Impacts

I went to Clinton Valley Elementary School. It was roughly 4 miles from my house at 16 Mile and Groesbeck. I rode the bus every day along with the other kids. I had many great memories at this school. So much was learned during this 6 years of my life. One thing that is important to know is I was a HORRIBLE student in kindegarten and particularly first grade. I cried almost every day before school because I didn't want to go. I would throw tantrums that literally frustrated my mother to no end. When I was in Kindergarten, my parents went to the Bahamas with my Uncle Bert and Aunt Dawn, and they left my maternal grandmother Nana in Michigan to take care of us. I threw myself down on the sidewalk every day before school in a baby crying fit tantrum. Nana didn't know what to do. I think one of the days she let me stay home - but when mom called to check in, she made Nana make me go. My first grade teacher, Mrs. Seppela sat down and cried with me one day in exasperation...