MY FIRST CAR

[sadie]

my first car had the imprint of a horse bite in the front hood. i was so embarrassed because it had four doors: OMG! IT'S A FAMILY CAR! my parents were like, you don't like it? fine. you won't have a car. i was going to have to pay them back anyway.

i got a car this year that is the newest i've ever had. it's a 2004 hyundai. it's not fancy, but i don't ever have to worry about whether it'll start or go into gear when necessary. it doesn't leak--even in the trunk. i'm like, wow.

i have a lot of students whose parents are pretty wealthy. they pass me in their new sleek lexuses and volvo suv's and bright silver saabs. and most of them, of course, don't even appreciate what they've got.