WHEN I WAS 16

WHEN I WAS 16 I LEFT MY MOTHER FOREVER AND HER PERVERT HUSBAND AND MOVED TO DENVER COLORADO WITH A FAMILY NAMED CHARLESWORTH. MY BEST FRIEND THERE WAS JEANETTE THE DAUGHTER, THERE WERE 2 OTHER KIDS WHOSE NAMES I CANNOT RECALL I THINK ONE WAS CALLED SUNSHINE.
I GOT A JOB AT WOOLWORTH AT FIRST FOR ABOUT 35 CENTS AN HOUR I REMEMBER I GOT ABOUT 5.45 CENTS CASH AT THE END OF THE DAY.I GAVE THE FAMILY ALL MY MONEY AND I FINALLY FOUND A JOB AS AN AU PAIRE WITH A FAMILY WITH 2 DAUGHTERS JANNEY AGED 2 AND MARY GABRIEL AGED 7 . I HAD TO CLEAN HOUSE AND SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO COOK ALL KINDS OF AMERICAN DISHES I GREW UP WITH BEANS TORTILLAS AND CHILI AND ENCHILADAS AND SALADS AND FRESH FRUIT BEFORE THIS.
NEW MEXICO STYLE FOOD.

BUT I ALSO LEARNED TO UPHOLSTER FURNITURE THAT IS WHAT SHE DID FOR A LIVING AND WHEN JANNEY NAPPED I HELPED MOM.I LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS THEN I GOT A JOB AT A DEPT STORE IT WAS KINDA LIKE A MERVYN'S STORE ONLY SIMPLER. I WAS THERE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER FEW MONTHS AND I FINALLY APPLIED TO THE MOUNTAIN STATES TEL N TEL AS A LONG DISTANCE OPERATOR WHERE I REMAINED AND MADE BIG BUCKS. I GOT A NICER APARTMENT AND HAD NICER CLOTHES AND WAS VERY HAPPY THERE . IT WAS MORE LIKE A COLLEGE SETTING THAN A WORK ONE. WE HAD A HUGE KITCHEN WHERE WE HAD FREE COFFEE AND DONUTS AND SOME SNACKS AND WE HAD A HOUSEKEEPER , A NURSE, AND THERE WAS A HUGE LOUNGE WITH VERY COMFORTABLE BED COUCHES WHERE WE COULD SLEEP BETWEEN SHIFTS. AND ON HOLIDAYS THE BOSSES COOKED US YUMMY BIG MEALS AND GAVE US BONUSES FOR GOOD SERVICE.
THERE WAS A LIBRARY AND A CREDIT UNION AND TAXI FARE HOME AFTER 100PM AND EXTRA MONEY IF YOU WORKED AFTER TEN A DIFFERENTIAL THEY CALLED IT. I REMEMBER BEING QUITE WELL OFF CLEARING ABOUT 47 TO 50 $ A WEEK. MY APARTMENT WAS 43 A MONTH FREE PHONE AND ELECTRICITY AND ETC INCLUDED IN THE RENT . AND THERE WERE ALL WOMEN LIVING IN THE APARTMENT WHICH WAS CONVERTED FROM A MANSION ON WASHINGTON STREET.
I REALLY ENJOYED MY LIFE AS WHEN WE HAD SPLIT 8,S MEANING 8AM TO 12 PM AND 400PM TO 8 PM
WE WENT TO A MOVIE IN BETWEEN AND HAD LUNCH AND MANY OF THE GIRLS WERE AS YOUNG AS I WAS WE BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. THERE WERE ENDLESS BOYS TO DATE FROM THE AIR FORCE BASE. ..................MORE LATER.