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Great story Mike👌🏽

Whenever I can find an M. Gonzales article/story - I’m all in👊🏽

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thank you...

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I still love you. Reading that made me smile. I love to read your writing always have and always will.

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Right on Mike G!!!✊🏾🖌

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Mike, another great essay!

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Punk rocker that I was, I also was too cool for prom, Long Island circa 1984. I went to see the Violent Femmes at Danceteria instead. Your writing brought back some fond memories. Thank you!

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This is really lovely and when I looked at that prom photo, it was a direct trip back to my own time in high school...as my prom was in 1980. I had a white dress almost identical to Ruth's. Thanks for the memories.

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Beautiful! How wonderful that you reconnected with Ruth and her memory of you and that wonderful night.

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Wonderful essay! I wish I had your writing ability, Michael.

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