I was in first grade.  I remember riding the school bus home.  The bigger kids told us we shouldn’t breathe the air, so we all held our hands over our mouths. I remember being afraid to get off the bus at my stop, even though my mom was there waiting for me.  I held my breath as I stepped off the bus and held it as long as I could. Then I put my hands back over my mouth.

Jill

May 1979. Note the t-shirts we are wearing. (I am on the right; my sister Sharon on the left).