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PREFACE When it was finally that time for me to move away from home to go to college in another town my dad and brother were there helping me stuff all my treasured belongings into my car and the family van. We stood around the driveway for a while trying to decide whether or not I really needed to take my bookshelf with me. I couldn¡¯t imagine where I would put all the many books I own without it, but I also couldn¡¯t see how we were going to get it into the van. I think after I showed how distressed I would be without it, my dad decided he would make this large belonging fit in the van. Once my possessions had made the long journey from my small Durango, Colorado home to the larger Boulder, Colorado, my mom and nana helped me to drag them out of the van and into my new house. Nana stood at the top of the stairs and would hand boxes and things down to us because she got worn out going up and down them too many times. I unpacked the boxes and arranged everything in my room until late that night, while my boyfriend laid on my new bed and told me if this or that was straight and if this or that looked okay next to this or that. As I look around my room today I see the books I brought, the pictures, the little trinkets