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My father kicked me out when I was 18 for getting pregnant by a guy he said was “worthless.”
As we parked, he told me, “Stay in the car.” I watched him knock. My father opened the door.
I was shocked when I saw what my son did next. He slowly reached into his backpack and pulled out a worn photograph—one I hadn’t seen in years.
It was the only picture he had of the three of us: me at eighteen, swollen with hope and fear… my father standing stiffly beside me… and the blurry sonogram I had proudly held in my hands.
My boy lifted the photo with both trembling palms.
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