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Janisse Ray's avatar

so much goodness here.

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Becki Clifton's avatar

Oh Mary, you’re quickly becoming one of my favorite writers! This entire post pulled me in from the memoirs between two friends on different continents to the loss of your brother that punched me in the gut. My parent’s first car was a VW bug and I dreamed of having one myself for my first car. I love the purr of their little engines that can run on so little. Unfortunately, my first car was a 1982 Dodge Omni hatchback with a busted out rear window that I duct taped a rebel flag in…not because I was racist but because I was a REBEL dammit. The cool thing about my little car was I could only START in 2nd gear—real fun at a red light with a slight incline. The poor gal lost her drive shaft on the way home from school one day and it was back to bus riding for my brother and me.

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