Bolt The Tree
Personal memory by Gabe Vanegas
2005 • Cooper City, FL, USA
During Hurricane Wilma, a tree that my neighborhood loved dearly was cut in half by the storm. We named it bolt and me and my friends would climb the tree. It was the first tree i've ever climbed and it was a great adventure. Until almost a decade later, the neighborhood ordered for them to take down all the trees. Bolt was the first to go. It brought me and my friends many memories. And now its gone. But its still here, in our hearts.
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