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But I paid my rent, I got a scholarship, and I worked my butt off to pay what tuition I could. She gave me no help at all my senior year. But dreams to dreams hear her talk, you'd think she gave up one of her kidneys to send me to school. I was so excited when we bought the Explorer. It's the first new car I've ever owned. Humphrey asked me to pick the color and I chose candy apple red. dreams The first time I heard Mom's voice I was taking it for a drive out to the Llano, just for the pleasure of driving it. I had the windows rolled down and my favorite Cyndi Lauper CD blasting. I took a deep breath and inhaled the new car scent. Do you want to know what she said to me? "Really, Leonie. An SUV? Didn't I raise you better than that? I taught you to care more for other's safety, for the environment, didn't I?" She's such a killjoy. I was feeling so good, so in the moment, so positively in love with my life.
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