Summary of Starlet

Throwing away certain objects from our youth can be hard.
For instance, the license plates from our first car.
They can remind us of relationships with our parents.
First cars also often remind us of independence and freedom.
But we sometimes forget how bad those cars were.
Nostalgia can be a useful process, but only if we remember the reality, the experience and the hope we had.

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