I got mad loot for my Bar Mitzvah. A savings bond here some stock shares there. I got watches, cuff links and more pens than I knew what to do with. All that stuff was great but the gift that meant the most was given to me by a distant cousin. His gift wasn't shiny, it wouldn't appreciate in value and it wouldn't become a family heirloom. He gave me a set of books by Art Spiegelman called Maus. They are his father's tale of survival through the holocaust. Books of this kind were nothing new to me but this one was different. It was done in the form of a graphic novel. It was moving then and it still gets me every time I pick it up. If you haven't read them I highly suggest that you do.
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