National Nothing Day finally arrived. I agonized over what to wear and came up with nothing. Absolutely nothing to celebrate this nothing occasion!
I hurried to “Nothing for Everyone,” but the sale racks were empty. Panic struck as I realized Sally’s second all-girls annual nothing party would start in twenty minutes.
As I sat on my bed feeling sorry for myself, my roommate came in. “Why are you so frantic?” she asked. “Don’t you remember how people dress for this party?”
I giggled. I did remember. No one dresses for this party—at all!
Standing at Sally’s door I wore a big grin and a bathrobe. As the door opened, I threw off the robe and stepped inside wearing the perfect outfit—nothing! Looking into the face of Sally’s big brother, I felt the blood rush to my face. I was a week early.
Ceil Boyles, from Parker, Colorado, is an SCBWI member and talented writer. She has several completed YA and middle grade manuscripts, three of which have been awarded Pikes Peak Writers' Paul Gillette Contest awards. In 2007, Ceil coordinated a retreat for children's book writers through SCBWI and was fortunate to entice award-winning author Randy Powell to come out from Seattle and facilitate what turned out to be a fabulous retreat. Click here to visit her blog: A Journey in Writing for Children
© 2008 Ceil Boyles. Original for CCF (Boyles grants CCF first electronic rights for one month; CCF may archive the material indefinitely and include it in an eBook anthology).
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