This Song Changed My Life

This Song Changed My Life

Diary 💗 High School French 🇫🇷

In honor of my best friend's birthday, memories of French class featuring Josephine Baker, Édith Piaf, and more

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Grace Lilly
Oct 02, 2024
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I met Courtney on my first day of high school

We were in the same French class, sitting next to each other in assigned seats. I was fifteen years old and trying exceedingly hard to hide how nervous I was to be starting at a new school.

I scanned the room trying to register all the new nameless faces around me. Everyone was a stranger. Everyone seemed stan…

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