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Being Sixteen In the Summer

the smell of suntan lotion scream of seagulls uneven sand walking blowing up an inner tube forever looking at swimming suits loving it that we drove out here without our parents for the first time feeling grown up on the beach welcoming summer tasting freedom

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Date: 7/9/2022 12:55:00 PM
Oh, yes! You’ve brought it all back, Caren!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/11/2022 12:27:00 AM
I am glad Ilene
Date: 7/9/2022 10:43:00 AM
Ah, the lazy, hazy, days of summer...when you are sixteen! Such memorable times.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/11/2022 12:27:00 AM
A great time!
Date: 7/9/2022 6:35:00 AM
How sweet and innocent Caren. You've really caught simplicity and "adultness" in this write! Linda
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/11/2022 12:28:00 AM
Thank you Linda

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