... it was all he could do to contain himself. He could not wait to try and skateboard. Xan and I got along pretty well and I thought it would be fun for him to play around with the skateboard. As time went on and I ... a lot more than a baby-sitter. I will attempt to describe his brief and tumultuous six years of life. Xan lived in Fresno with his mother and father in a small two-bedroom home with his younger sister and an older female cousin (Ollie, age 1 and Chaim, age11). ... was the greatest gift he had ever received. Every time he came over, he would bring his skateboard and I would ...

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