Randy Chavez hopes that his best years are still ahead.
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by Randy Chavez
6 months, already dying
1 year, where’s my father?
2 years, Mama, I want milk
3 years, love you, Mom
4 years, “Look, a dog!”
5 years, “You my real dad?”
6 years, “What? The United States?”
7 years, I’m getting bullied
8 years, I want to go back to Mexico
10 years, finally out of elementary school
11 years, lose my grandmother, start drinking
12 years, lose my granda and great grandpa
13 years, “This is heavy. Never held a real gun before.”
14 years, shoot a gun for the first time
15 years, go on my first drug deal with my uncle
16 years, first time smoking weed
17 years, please be good for me
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