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    Celebrating The Life Ride: An Ode to My Old Car (and Some Attachments)

    by Kristen Noel Sep 15, 2019 2 minutes
    Celebrating The Life Ride: An Ode to My Old Car (and Some Attachments), by Kristen Noel. Photograph of Kristen Noel hugging old car by Bill Miles
    Kristen, bidding farewell to an old friend

    How letting go of an old car brought up memories, attachments and most of all, thanks. It’s not the stuff we need attaching to, it’s the gratitude.

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    I’m probably the only person who would burst into tears on the way to pick up a new car — and then come home and write about it. Yep, that’s me. I literally had tears streaming down my cheeks as I pulled into the car

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