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Nathaniel Alexander and the Stuffy Fluffy Animal Shelf
Bedtime. Jason smiled as his 16 month old son yawned and rubbed his eyes. He struggled to stay awake, as young children will when they’ve had far too much fun with their dad. This was new for Jason, even still, even a year into the experience of being a single parent, because he had no such memories of this kind of closeness to his own father. Connection like this was still a mystery to Jason, but one he enjoyed more than he’d ever imagined such an experience could be. He closed their copy of the Pokey Little Puppy and pulled Nathaniel close, and he hugged the boy as tightly as he could. He snuggled his mouth in close and blew hard on the boy’s neck, which caused a funny sound that drove the child to a wild laughter that never ceased to lift both their spirits.