Frankie

A CHILD'S PEDAL CAR PRAGUE. CZECH REPUBLIC

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I waited almost 40 years to learn the meaning of the word love. Unfortunat­ely, the intensity of our emotions carried us from one extreme to another. When we loved one another, we loved without holding back. When we fought, we fought till it hurt. Thanks to her, I climbed a tree for the first time in my life, and I did it at a time when my children were climbing trees. We enjoyed making each other’s dreams come true. Each dream fulfilled was a joy to both of us. She knew that, as a child, I’d always wanted a car with pedals. But I never had one. I was over 40 when one was given to me. She went for a walk with her sister and there it was, next to a trash container. They brought it back to the apartment, put it in the tub and washed it. They decorated it with little flowers and wrote my name, their nicknames and the date on its wheels. This car represents our love. It shows that when two people truly love one another, no dream is left unfulfille­d.

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