Posts from Susan Hopkins in thread „Samantha Smith (eighties child diplomat)“

Thank you for helping me with my thread, Kevin. I knew a Kevin in school. Shy boy, bit of a nerd. I agreed to be his date/girl on his arm at a dance after some classmates bullied him horribly. I had Mom make me look as pretty as possible so Kevin would feel good. As beautiful a dress as possible for the same reason - i wanted so much to make sure that that young boy had the happiest night of his life.

I don't know where Kevin is today - I've tried to trace him multiple times.

Kevin i wanted this thread to be about Samantha. Perfectly innocent. I couldn't delete the off-topic drift and i should not have indulged it.

While she and Duke possibly would have been at odds, she was of noble and heartwarming intent and reminded us that it is the world's children that will have to live with the consequences of what we do.

Samantha Smith (1972-85)