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by Molly Maldonado - September 01, 2003

Describe a first experience and how it effected you.

When you’re four and Daddy is twenty-eight, heaven is in the passenger seat of a red Jeep going 65 on the highway. When the Jeep has no top, and Daddy’s crying as you head for the airport, you blast Nirvana as loud as possible. Loud, so you don’t ask about his tears. Loud, so you can hear guitar over the screaming wind. Loud, so no one forgets that Daddy is...

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