\u201cBridge over Troubled Waters\u201d by Simon & Garfunkel<\/a> for my unborn daughter when I was pregnant. She\u2019s fifteen now. I listened to\u00a0the song\u00a0today while running errands. Talk about a song for mothers and their children. Then, I listened to it like Mary was singing it to me.<\/p>\nDouble dare you to do that.<\/p>\n
Tears.<\/p>\n
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