When I was in second grade, I came home from school to see a neatly wrapped present sitting on our kitchen table. My mom told me she had a present for me but that I couldn’t open it until my dad got home from work. Hours passed and my dad finally got home but made me wait to open my present until he finished eating dinner. The suspense was killing me! Finally I was allowed to open my present and discovered a tiny box of baby shoes. My heart sank. Then rose. Then sank. Then rose again. Did this mean what I thought it meant? I immediately asked my parents and they confirmed my suspicions – I was going to be a big sister! I remember running around our small apartment, jumping up and down with pure joy.
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