When my mom would take me with her to the hairdresser and sit me down and I would get to play with a big box of curlers while she had her hair cut.
My babysitter Olga who drew really pretty pictures for me.
Walking down the street to the Baskin Robbins and the video store all by myself, and stopping in Rite Aid to buy Barbie doll outfits with my allowance money.
My dad’s friend who had a Palm Pilot.
The fourth graders who got to make pottery in art class.
When I was in sixth grade and we won Color War, and it was the first time the sixth grade had won Color War in years.
My high school principal who wore a bow tie.
When we were in the market for a “new” used car, and we test drove one that had a video player in the backseat.
My friend who had a big, beautiful house with an old-fashioned bar set in the basement that nobody ever used, and a small leather table where we used to play card games.
The first year we finally had our own sukkah.