It was the Fourth of July. In this small town in the Pacific Northwest that meant a morning parade, food trucks and vendors at the park in the center of town, and fireworks at the high school. I was there from out of town with my cousin, who’s in-laws lived here.
At the parade that morning I saw this girl in the back of one of the pick-up trucks advertising the local feed store. She was standing up tossing candy to children lined up in front of their parents in camp chairs on the sidewalk. Dirty-blonde, blue-eyed farm girl around 18-19 years old. She was wearing a pair of high waisted denim short shorts which showed the bottom of her butt cheeks and a white half t-shirt with “FREEDOM” in red and blue lettering with fireworks in the background. The shirt was a little too big and hung off of her 5’6”, 34c-26-36 frame. She had curves wear it counted. I couldn’t immediately tell if she was wearing a bra.