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Submitted to Contest #62
George, This is your father. I am writing to you when I am 25 years old, but, in some respects, I had been writing this letter since I was the age you will be when your mother and I will die, according to my journal. When I had first started writing this letter at age 5, I had correctly guessed that I would be writing this letter when I am much older. Despite this, I had made a few attempts at writing this letter earlier, but the words did not come then as they do now, just a few days after you’re born. The reason I am writing this letter i...
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