Mayra Guilliani:  

In my nerdy years I wore glasses and always felt lonely throughout my elementary years. Accept for another hispanic girl that became my friend named Cookie (Migdalia). My high school years was pretty much the same. We both chose different high schools and we lost contact after I married and had two boys from a deadbeat. The one person I would like to see again from my past is a nun named Sister Marion from All Saints High School I kept in contact with for a couple of years after the school closed down, but she was up there in age back then all I hope is that she is with the Lord if she has passed away. Every Saturday evening mom and dad would pile my sisters and I into the station wagon and go to Carvels for an ice cream cone. That day I wanted to be difficult and asked for a banana boat. Back then they were hugh. So after going through the stubborn minutes mom finally allowed me a banana boat under the condition that I eat the whole thing before we went back home. Well they say you eat with your eyes and that was the perfect case with me. Till this day I will not eat a banana spit if it is the last food on earth. I remember my first job was in McDonalds on the corner of Greenpoint Ave and Manhattan Ave in Brooklyn. The first day I came home my mom thought I brought in a dozen hamburgers because I smelled from head to toe of burgers. I worked the fries section for awhile then the shake machine and finally a cashier. Back then a hamburger, fries and a drink was under a dollar and you got change back. I really don't remember why I quit but that was my first paying job of 2.34 an hour and working part time because of school. The we...Expand for more