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Turn the radio up.....

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After finding a couple cassette tapes in the old jelly cupboard, knowing exactly what was on at least one of them, I pulled this out of the closet and shed tears when I heard my little voice. I remember making that tape. I remember where I was when I was making it (the front porch of the house I currently live in), what I had on (a pink shirt/short outfit from Dutchmaid), the sound the little tape recorder made when I pushed record. I remember making up those songs. I was probably three years old at the time. Little me, singing, I pictured my hair in a ponytail on top of my head, which created a waterfall effect, and urged my cousin to give me the same nickname. My cousin mostly called me PITA. I'm pretty sure I was a PITA much of the time. She loved me though. And used to stick up for me when I would get in trouble. Long past the time anyone should have been. My mom, my cousin, and I, made a tape one New Years Eve of the Top 100 Countdown on one of our favorite lo