Sandi's Struggle - Part 1

Sandi’s Struggle
Sandi Griffin was annoyed. She still had Laryngitis. And yet her mother was insistent on her going to school.

Her mother read what she had written. “You may not be able to speak, Sandi, but you can still learn.”

She wrote ‘That’s crazy.’

“I have called Ms. Li. She said that you can still attend school without a voice.”


Sandi arrived at school. Most people she didn’t (usually) speak to, but her friends?

Quinn Morgendorffer was talking about her job at Governor’s Park. “… I mean, how was I to know that she dumped that guy for the other one?”

“Quinn, that’s terrible!” Stacy Rowe said.

It wasn’t often that Sandi agreed with Stacy, but she did in this case.

“I know! The first guy was a lot cuter,” Quinn said. “Hey Sandi!”

“How are you?” Stacy asked.

Sandi tried to say “Hello, Quinn and others,” but no sound came out.

“What did you say, Sandi?” Quinn asked.

Sandi tried again. “I have laryngitis!”

“Whaaat?” Tiffany Blum-Deckler asked.

‘It wouldn’t make much of a difference if she was the one afflicted with this affliction!’ Sandi thought quickly and with a glare. She wrote something on a notepad and handed it to Quinn.

“Can’t talk, Laryngitis,” Quinn repeated. “Sandi! You lost your voice.”

Sandi heard Stacy inhale sharply in shock as she glared back at Quinn.

( Quinn noticed Sand's glare )