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Today we present, “How to have a baby fast.” Are you ready?

Call your dad at 3:45 in the afternoon and leave a voice message, “We’re heading to the hospital. Likely a false alarm. It’s 3 weeks early, so I wouldn’t worry at all. We’ll call if anything happens. Don’t worry. Talk to you later. Bye.” It was my son Jeff on the line.

What? Me worry? Of course not. It’s just that my third grandchild is about to be born.

Eighteen months ago this same son and his wife Raelyn were out hunting moose when her water broke. Not the moose’s water, but Raelyn’s. It...