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15-20 years in the future: I was sitting in my rocking chair on the back porch when my grandchildren came running around the house. Little red-headed girl and blonde/brown headed boy. Their eyes were alive with wonder but the older one had a strange expression that you don't normally see in an 10 year old. They jumped up on my lap and began telling me what they had heard at school. "Papaw, you won't believe what the teacher said today in class", said the 10 year old, her red curls bouncing as the anticipation of telling me was building! "What did he tell you honey?" I asked. Now my grandson was just staring at her wondering what she was going to say next. She had a tendency to be slightly dramatic. "Today he talked about abortion! He didn't explain much but what he did say was gross. He said that people used to take babies..." I cut him off and sent the boy in to find some food, which he was happy to do! Like his daddy he was always ...