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                                                                SHE
                                                              DIDN'T
                                                            HAVE A NAME.
                                                          IT'S NOT THAT HER
                                                        PARENTS DIDN'T WANT
                                                      TO GIVE HER A NAME. THEY
                                                     JUST COULDN'T MAKE A
                                                   DECISION. FROM HER
                                                CONCEPTION THEY CONSIDERED
                                               WHAT THEY SHOULD CALL THIER
                                           CHILD. SHOULD THEY GO TRADITIONAL?
                                          SHOULD THEY USE A FAMILY NAME? OR
                                         SHOULD THEY GO FREE STYLE? MARY OR
                                        JOHN? UNCLE BUD OR AUNT JANE? RYSE OR
                                       NYCE? THEY ASKED FOR ADVISE AND PULLED
                                      NAMES FROM A HAT. NOTHING SATISFIED. AFTER
                                      SHE WAS BORN SHE WAS CALLED BABY GIRL.
                                      WHEN SHE GREW HER FRIENDS CALLED HER B. G.
                                         AND DIDN'T KNOW WHY. SHE TOOK A JOB AT
                                           THE LOCAL FAST FOOD PLACE AND WITH EVERY
                                              CUSTOMER SHE HAD THE SAME PLEA, "CAN
                                                               I HAVE YOUR NAME?"
                                                     
                                 

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Better Than

Some people think it is better to have a dog than a child. A dog will wear anything you want them to without putting up a fuss. They will eat anything you put in front of them. They are always willing to show affection. They forgive you everything. They are never embarrassed to be seen with you. They will never run off to marry an out of work actor and they will always be home for the holidays. The bad side. Dogs won't take care of you in your old age. With children you have a fifty-fifty chance.

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HOT!

To all parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, guardians, and babysitters.  In fact, anyone who ever has children in their charge.  When you park your car, to go the office, mall or casino, check your backseat.  Is there a child there? No?  Then you're free to go.  I, and the whole world, am tired of hearing about children being accidently left in a frying hot car.  I am not even going to talk about people who leave their kid in the car while they play a game of 21. If it's too hot for a dog it's too hot for a child. If it's hot outside, it's too hot inside. Have a nice day.

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I Hear It

Every once in a while, my two year old nephew would put his hand to his ear and say,"I hear it."

There was one day I didn't know what he was talking about.  He looked up into the sky, amazed.  I realized he had heard a plane I didn't hear or rather, I heard it, but didn't pay attention to it because they are so common place.

And the birds. I realized he heard the birds outside my apartment. The ones I stopped listening to years ago but, for a two year old, everything is new and awesome.

I need to take a moment to rediscover our world, so I can say, "I hear it."

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