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Don't worry about growing up

F. Scott Fitzgerald writes to his daughter

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Shaun Usher
Sep 17, 2021
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I’ve chosen to send you the following letter because my wife gave birth this morning—it’s our third child but first girl, and both Karina and our daughter are doing really well after a long and stressful day and I am in awe of them both—and as the big moment approached, usually during long, bemasked periods of contemplation in hospital waiting rooms, I …

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