Personal Writing: Plans

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reason I think we moved long ago to Wyoming,
the land of wide-open spaces. "You can drive more than a hundred miles on
a Wyoming highway without seeing another car," Daddy would often brag.
That was not the case, however, in Colorado. The cars were lined
up one after another, traveling 75 miles per hour, to the horizon and
beyond. We passengers paid scant attention to the outside world as we were
involved in a thought-provoking discussion regarding the strengths and
weaknesses of the highly educational hit movie of the summer, Independence
Day. The movie answered the question: Are we alone in the Universe? with
a loud no when aliens arrived and began demolishing major cities all over
the world. We all gazed out the windshield as we laughed at my sister's
comment about the president in the film: "He was so broken up over the
little wife's death that he went immediately and put on his flying suit to
go kick those alien's buts himself."
"And how 'bout the stripper who was ...

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on the
highway was standing on his feet, just as he had landed, five feet in front
of us. It's a miracle he wasn't run over.
"Mama, you've got to get control of yourself. Quit, stop, stop
screaming!" The craziest thought flitted through my mind. I might have to
slap my mother if she didn't calm down.
Daddy, David, and Marcia were in the front seat. They quickly
leapt out of the car.
That poor boy was standing in the middle of the highway. He must
have come out of the truck. I didn't see it happen. He was running around.
He grabbed hold of a woman from a travel trailer that had stopped after the
accident. He was hugging her, clutching her so tightly. "Just like a
drowning ...

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