“It’s true! We really didn’t know you were going to be a girl. And when the doctor was pulling you out, you were so long…’It’s a boy, it’s a boy! Oh! No! It’s a girl?’ he said, so, we picked your name, in a hospital room. Between jello and machine beeps.”

“Well, then the whole time before that…what color was my nursery if you didn’t know what to expect?”

“Mint green. Maybe that’s why it’s one of your favorites. You never have been a big fan of pink.” 

-my mother and I

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