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<\/a><\/div>\nTo our now 12 year old.\u00a0 He\u2019s the last of the older three to be on the verge of teenage years.\u00a0 Our youngest has many years to go.\u00a0 But in this first phase, he stands on the brink, the odd man out of our somewhat introverted family, the nitro to his older brothers\u2019 glycerin.\u00a0 May God bless you with a wonderful and fulfilling year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To our now 12 year old.\u00a0 He\u2019s the last of the older three to be on the verge of teenage years.\u00a0 Our youngest has many years to go.\u00a0 But in this first phase, he stands on the brink, the odd man out of our somewhat introverted family, the nitro to his older brothers\u2019 glycerin.\u00a0 May […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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