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Reflections on #FathersDay
One day as I was preparing to discharge this twenty-ish year-old gentleman from the hospital, he told me he was having a baby soon:
Him: "You got kids, Dr. Manning?"
Me: "Yep. Two sons."
Him: "They grown? Like my age?"
Me: "Nah. 11 and 13.”
Reflections on #FathersDay
One day as I was preparing to discharge this twenty-ish year-old gentleman from the hospital, he told me he was having a baby soon:
Him: "You got kids, Dr. Manning?"
Me: "Yep. Two sons."
Him: "They grown? Like my age?"
Me: "Nah. 11 and 13.”
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Him: *eyes widen* "Damn. Doctors be waiting to have they kids."
Me: "Dang! So what you sayin’?”
Him: “I mean...uh what I meant was. . “
*laughter*
Me: "You excited about being a dad?"
Him: "Very. But it scare me, too."
Me: "What part?"
Him: "Getting it right."
*silence*
Him: *eyes widen* "Damn. Doctors be waiting to have they kids."
Me: "Dang! So what you sayin’?”
Him: “I mean...uh what I meant was. . “
*laughter*
Me: "You excited about being a dad?"
Him: "Very. But it scare me, too."
Me: "What part?"
Him: "Getting it right."
*silence*
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Him: "Miss Manning? You think if you ain't have no good daddy, you can be one to your kid?"
*thinking*
Me: "I think there's a lot of good daddies out there who are the first good daddies in their family."
Him: "Yeah?”
Me: “Yeah.”
*silence*
Him: "Miss Manning? You think if you ain't have no good daddy, you can be one to your kid?"
*thinking*
Me: "I think there's a lot of good daddies out there who are the first good daddies in their family."
Him: "Yeah?”
Me: “Yeah.”
*silence*
