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Ella Dean Doesn’t Want Kids (And That’s Okay) Written By: Jami JoAnne Russell (Rough draft) For as far back as 8 year old Ella Dean could remember, she didn’t like kids. She couldn’t put her finger on it but something about other kids just rubbed her the wrong way. She didn’t like little kids, she didn’t like older kids. Teenagers were kind of okay but they didn’t really like having an 8 year old tagging along. If her cousins visited or kids of her parent’s friends she’d find somewhere else to be. If people gave her baby dolls to play with she’d leave them in the box and instead play with her stuffed animals, toy cars, and action figures. At school when other kids would start playing house if they tried to make her the mommy she’d say, “No, I’m the handyperson, here to repair and paint your house.” Or sometimes she’d be the car mechanic or the person at the seafood counter at the store. Anything but the mommy. Instead of going off to summer camp Ella Dean insisted on staying