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A Unique Moment

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I think the statute of limitations has passed on this story, so why not tell it?  When I was a teenager, I think fourteen or fifteen, I got bored one summer day.  I didn’t have a license.  My mom was taking a nap, so I got it in my head to take the family minivan out for a spin.  I was ready for some wheels.  I was ready to drive.  At least I thought I was.

We lived out in the country, so I was just going to take a quick drive around some of the roads around where we lived.  I thought maybe I’d drive by some of the houses where kids I went to school with lived.  It was going to be fun. 

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