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A Girl, A Truck And Her Dad: A Texas Father’s Day Story

Courtesy of Cristina TzinTzun Ramirez
Cristina TzinTzun Ramirez and her four-year-old son, Santi on the "family heirloom" a 1961 Ford pickup truck called "La Luna Verde de Esperanza."

The sounds of Texas.

The green truck in Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez’ driveway is old but beautiful – like a grandmother whose beauty has mostly faded, as some features still remain.

It’s the family heirloom. A gift from her father. But, Tzintzun Ramirez says the gift came with strings attached.

“This is his most precious and valuable thing [my father] owns,” she says. “And so, he made me sign a contract that I was never allowed to sell it, that it had to stay in the family, that I had to keep it the color green and that I was never allowed to change its name. And so, it’s going to be passed down to my son.” (Click here for full story)