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SUNDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER 2026
Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner.
You'll eat standing up for eighteen years. Then sit down and forget how.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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