A Good Friend — When I Really Needed One

Jim LaBate
5 min readMar 5, 2020
Photo provided by Bernie’s Family

During our junior-high years, he once punched me in the face and gave me a bloody nose.

In preparation for our Senior Ball in high school, he secretly asked the girl that I had planned to invite.

And after college, when my friends were planning a going-away party for me, he wrecked the surprise.

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Jim LaBate

Jim LaBate is a writer and teacher who assists in The Writing Center at Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) in Troy, New York.