![JULIE-CJ-TRACY](https://firoozehdumas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/JULIE-CJ-TRACY-crop-300x300.jpg)
Me, Carolyn, and Tracy in 6th grade
![tracy-julie-cj](https://firoozehdumas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/tracy-julie-cj-crop-300x300.jpg)
Me, Carolyn, and Tracy in 2015
Somewhere around the 18th version of my book (there were 26 versions in all) Tracy’s character was edited out. I still wanted to mention her family’s awesome taco nights, so using the magic of fiction and composite characters, I gave those to Carolyn’s family. (Apologies to Tracy and her mother!)