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Personal Narrative: Mother

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Mother She would try to get lost. It was the eighties and we had no cell phones or GPS. But, we had a car, and she said we were free with a car. She drove down all the little roads, but we were never really lost because we were never really scared and all roads lead somewhere. When we ended up at the beach, we’d go to the water, and she would say, “If it touches your feet, it will take you out to sea.” Having been in the ocean but young enough to be able to believe her, I would wait until the water almost touched my feet and run from it screaming—because we love to be scared when we’re safe. When I turned thirteen and I started drinking and staying out past curfew, she said, “If you’re ever in trouble, call me. If you ever need a ride, day

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