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Peter Aguero

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The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

And I'm sitting in the kitchen eating these pancakes, cutting around the burnt pieces, and I'm looking out through our backyard at everybody else's houses, and all the light in their houses looks like orange and colorful and friendly with all these people, and our house just feels empty and stark and white in the fluorescent light eating these pancakes in silence together, the two of us.

The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

And I'm sitting in the kitchen eating these pancakes, cutting around the burnt pieces, and I'm looking out through our backyard at everybody else's houses, and all the light in their houses looks like orange and colorful and friendly with all these people, and our house just feels empty and stark and white in the fluorescent light eating these pancakes in silence together, the two of us.

The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

Couple months later, she finally did send me my present. I was back in college. Man, I'd taken out all the tuition and loans and we couldn't afford it otherwise, but it was important to her that I go. And I had just finished a day of classes and I was heading to the dining hall and I stopped over to check my mail. Remember mail? When people used to send mail?

The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

Couple months later, she finally did send me my present. I was back in college. Man, I'd taken out all the tuition and loans and we couldn't afford it otherwise, but it was important to her that I go. And I had just finished a day of classes and I was heading to the dining hall and I stopped over to check my mail. Remember mail? When people used to send mail?

The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

Couple months later, she finally did send me my present. I was back in college. Man, I'd taken out all the tuition and loans and we couldn't afford it otherwise, but it was important to her that I go. And I had just finished a day of classes and I was heading to the dining hall and I stopped over to check my mail. Remember mail? When people used to send mail?

The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

And I open up the mailbox and there's an envelope with my mother's postmark on it. And I take it up and I fill up my, into the dining hall, and I fill up my tray with too much food because that's what you do and I go over to a table and I sit down and before I start eating I open up that envelope and inside there's no note, there's just one photograph.

The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

And I open up the mailbox and there's an envelope with my mother's postmark on it. And I take it up and I fill up my, into the dining hall, and I fill up my tray with too much food because that's what you do and I go over to a table and I sit down and before I start eating I open up that envelope and inside there's no note, there's just one photograph.

The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

And I open up the mailbox and there's an envelope with my mother's postmark on it. And I take it up and I fill up my, into the dining hall, and I fill up my tray with too much food because that's what you do and I go over to a table and I sit down and before I start eating I open up that envelope and inside there's no note, there's just one photograph.

The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

It's of her standing in front of the house with a for sale sign. And the house sold pretty quickly. And she got it. She offloaded it. And she took a little bit of a hit financially. And she took a bigger hit on her pride. And she moved into a much smaller place that she could afford. And, you know, it hurt her. I know it hurt her. And it took a big hit.

The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

It's of her standing in front of the house with a for sale sign. And the house sold pretty quickly. And she got it. She offloaded it. And she took a little bit of a hit financially. And she took a bigger hit on her pride. And she moved into a much smaller place that she could afford. And, you know, it hurt her. I know it hurt her. And it took a big hit.

The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

It's of her standing in front of the house with a for sale sign. And the house sold pretty quickly. And she got it. She offloaded it. And she took a little bit of a hit financially. And she took a bigger hit on her pride. And she moved into a much smaller place that she could afford. And, you know, it hurt her. I know it hurt her. And it took a big hit.

The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

But the most important thing to me was right then, we're looking at that picture. I got my girl back. Thank you.

The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

But the most important thing to me was right then, we're looking at that picture. I got my girl back. Thank you.

The Moth
The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

But the most important thing to me was right then, we're looking at that picture. I got my girl back. Thank you.

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