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WHILE BOTH WOMEN WERE BEHIND DELIVERY ROOM DOORS, THE TWO FATHERS DRANK
COFFEE AND NERVOUSLY PACED THE WELL POLISHED FLOOR.  OCCASIONALLY THEY
WOULD EXCHANGE A BIT OF BRAVADO.  LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT TODAYS EVENTS
WOULD INTERTWINE OUR TWO FAMILIES FOREVER.  MY FATHER HAD ARRIVED IN
AMERICA AFTER THE WAR, THE ELDEST SON OF A FARMER, A YOUNG MAN GOOD WITH
HIS HANDS, A SCROUNGER.  HE HAD HEARD THAT SEVERAL CITIES WERE LOOKING FOR
MEN TO DRIVE GARBAGE TRUCKS.  NEVER MIND THAT IN THE OLD COUNTRY MY FATHER
HAD PULLED A SMALL TRAILER BEHIND HIS BEAT UP CAR, PICKING UP OLD
APPLIANCES, CAR PARTS AND DEAD ANIMALS FROM NEIGHBORING FARMS.  HE HAD TO
LEARN ENGLISH.  AND BECOME A REAL AMERICAN, WITH A COMMERCIAL DRIVERS
LICENSE.  HE SPENT TEDIOUS HOURS IN NIGHT CLASSES LEARNING HOW TO
ASSIMILATE INTO THIS COUNTRY.  BUT HE DID IT AND SO DID MOM.  THEIR FACES
BEAMED AS THEY REPEATED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BEFORE THE NATURALIZATION
JUDGE.  STARTLED BY THE NURSE, SAMS FATHER WAS TOLD THAT HIS WIFE HAD GIVEN
BIRTH TO A SON AT 205 AM.  I WAS BORN THAT SAME DAY, AT 115 PM.  MY FATHER
CRIED WITH JOY.  AS I GREW, HE WOULD OFTEN SAY AT DINNERTIME THAT HE LOVED
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