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Mamo

July 20, 2025

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I’d tried it all.

I turned down the sound machine, flipping through the various soundscapes— “Hmmm… what about jungle sounds?” I inquired, in my best, excited and full-of-wonder tone.

“NO. NO. NO,” protested the four-year-old being questioned. “I don’t like the frog sound!” she followed up. Understandable.

She calls me “Mamo” now, one of her first quest…

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