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In a Red Hat

Every year for Christmas my mom would get ornaments for me and my siblings. Usually they commemorated some event from the past year—a graduation, a job promotion, a marriage. When I opened my box on Christmas 2012, my face fell. I didn’t even notice what my siblings got. All I could see was my baby ornament. The little figure had chubby cheeks and arms and a knitted red hat on its head. I covered the box and muttered a thank-you to Mom, my eyes tearing. She obviously meant for the

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