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Will his name be ‘South’??

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I was once a boy, now I’m a man. It took me 29 years to get there, but I’ve arrived. It’s more than most men can say.

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I was convinced I would be the ultra hip mom who let her son be whoever he was and not try to force “boyish” things on him like trucks and sports. But as it has turned out for me, boys have proven to be almost exactly like the warnings I received.

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They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, and eventually every man becomes a modified manifestation of his father. But why can’t my apple fall from the tree and roll down the hill to a valley of easy going and sociable oranges?

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My immune system isn’t the greatest, and on that particular night, I had a legitimate flu.

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You won’t see it the first time, but wait for the instant replay.

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Must. Save. Boy. One cat gets down to business.

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It is at this point where I have to summarize and collate all that I have learned for four years of my life, and even beyond that as I enter a new phase called the undecided.

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Analyzing everything he’s said to you in the past week.

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Kiss because you’re young, because you want to, because you can, because you love him, because you don’t.