How did this happen? I knew it would. My Kate. Little Red. Baby Cakes. She's in Germany, on the autobonne. Heading to a Mercedes-Benz factory. I always knew she'd go far. Not "going far" as in being successful, although that's a certainty as well. But literally. Going far...far away from lil Walla Walla. This child has had the world by the tail since before she could walk. She was born into it. Dave had waited through four pregancies before getting his girl. He adored her without reservation. And so did her brothers. On Grant Street, the sun rose and set on a little girl with copper ringlets who wrinkled her nose and stamped her foot and filled our house with sweet giggles. She was always a little miffed when the rest of the world didn't stop on a dime for her. She fully expected it should. She was a keen observer and a real thinker. At preschool they thought she was shy. Far from it. She was carefully watching and considering. She could describe t...
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