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I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. i would try to put my arms around my father's waist, hug him back. i could never reach the whole way around the equator of his body; he was that much larger than life. then one day, i could do it. i held him, instead of him holding me, and all i wanted at that moment was to have it back the other way.
-Jodi Picoult
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I Suddenly Remember Being Very Little And

Jodi Picoult
I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. i would try to put my arms around my father's waist, hug him back. i could never reach the whole way around the equator of his body; he was that much larger than life. then one day, i could do it. i held him, instead of him holding me, and all i wanted at that moment was to have it back the other way.
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