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Starke made frequent stops at the cabin to take care of the deer, and give them their treats, because he knew the weekend visits would not begin until after the baby was at least a feeeks old, and the winter was behind them

The end of February, had come, and Starke was at the station, when the call came that Julie had driven Candee to the hospital, and he should come soon, and he did, he was there in ether during the entire tiet back to the shop, and Starke promised to call as soon as he could with the news, Anne stopped by to cheer them on, then she to left discretely left the birth to her first grandchild

A beautiful baby girl was born two hours later, to a tired mother and an ecstatic father And while Candee dozed and the baby had been taken to be checked out, hethe birth

Later when she ake and the baby was brought to her to begin the nursing process, Starke was sitting by her bedside, and a nurse ca a clipboard, and she asked for the hospital records, what the baby's name is to be?

As other couples do endlessly, this couple did not discuss na, they decided they wanted to meet their baby first and so when the nurse ask this important question, they both looked at the child in Candee's arms, looked to the nurse and said at the saain, they looked at each other and said "Anne" with an e And so Marie Anne Rome! was born

The day they took Marie home, as Candee slowly made her way up the stairs to the nursery, Starke went into the home office and booted up the co a few e- the birth, but before he could open the e-mail, the screen went blank for a second then words appeared, as they did the day Candee made contact with hinoodbye and it faded fro a wonderful feeling of absolute understanding to come to him, and he shut the computer off, and went up to join his wife and child upstairs