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

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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."
Courtesy of Cristina TzinTzun Ramirez

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)

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