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Words, I live by

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  1. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    Hey, it’s your dad. (opens the original)

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    Hey, it’s your dad.The sentence makes me tear up because I hear it in his voice.For the longest time, I had a recording of that simple statement on my answering machine. It was how my dad started every message he left for me. Sometimes, it was the only thing he said. A smoke signal. A beacon.I lost the message last year during a lightning storm that fried several electronics, including our landline phones. I was more upset about losing that recording than the desktop computer and phones and answ

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