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Soup Can Labels And Red Wagons

My little three year old daughter, Celese,

let go of my hand and rushed to the little red

wagon. “Oh, Daddy. Can we get it for

Christmas?! Can we?!”

I could see the longing in her smiling face

and her sparkling eyes, but when I looked at the

$60 price tag, my heart sank. As a college

student, I was doing everything I could, but I

was barely able to earn enough money for my

family’s needs. Besides teaching some classes,

and taking care of race horses at nights and on

Saturdays, I also did work at our apartment

complex for part of our rent.

I knew Celese had dreamed of having a

little wagon for her and her sister. A neighbor

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