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Submitted to Contest #43
On the morning of the day you were born, I sat in a deer stand and almost missed the whole thing. Unfortunately for the deer, my shot didn’t. As I pulled up to the house, your mother was waiting and wailing, half because labor’s a bitch and half because I was dumb enough to be unreachable deep in the woods with a 38-week pregnant wife at home. It was just like you to arrive early and on your own terms. You weren’t waiting until your due date, because that would have been too normal, too average. I love that about you. Never afraid to sh...
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