Nine years and some hours ago, at roughly 3:00 in the morning, my phone rang. I was let in on the joyous news that William Steele Paulson had successfully entered this world.
I cried, of course.
Then I called Pepper.
This was in the middle of our long-distance romance; he and Wendy were in New Orleans and Rosie and I were still in the apartment in Little Rock.
We talked until 5:00. We talked about our past, our future, and how the future of everyone in our extended family was somehow suddenly and miraculously brightened. It's simply unimaginable -- the effect of one simple birth.
Happy Birthday, Will! We love you!
Absolutely a bright star in the sky. Great kid, great friend. I just checked him out of school to go see Inkheart. Fun movie!
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