National Sons Day

An Origin Story

Today is National Sons Day.

Some may get calls from their folks. I probably won't.

But they will pray for my soul, I can almost guarantee that much.

I am the only boy in my family, and the oldest of six kids. My parents had very specific expectations for me. I have met none of them.

I don't know if every birth comes with an apocryphal story meant to infuse meaning into a particular life, but mine does.

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