She rode out each contraction, now coming closer and closer together, fists clenched tight, and whispering to her baby, fighting to get out, her words pushing out like sandpaper out of her mouth.

     “My favorite color is fuchsia purple.  My favorite food is anything Mexican, real Italian spaghetti with meat sauce, I adore chocolate chip cookies with warm chocolate milk, I have to sleep at least seven hours a night to feel good, I’m lucky with the number 2, I love the fresh start of Mondays, old antique porch swings, purple Dogwood trees at the beginning of spring, staring at freshly fallen untouched snow in the sunshine, snacking on chocolate chips, taking pictures of unusual sunsets, driving down a dirt road that I have no idea where it goes, and being pregna...

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