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"Father day by day" |
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Cory Petersen's
daughter, Lilly, was born five weeks ago. "I didn't imagine how beautiful
it was to have a baby until I had Lilly," Cory said. At the age of
19, Cory's new life as a father is about to begin.
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Cory is a full-time
worker for a local garage as the youngest mechanic in the shop. His co-workers
nicknamed him the "exhaust pipe specialist."
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"Sometime I feel that I have two children: Lilly and Cory," his
wife Nicole Petersen said with a laugh.
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A baby stroller
is always on the bed of his pick-up truck wherever the family goes out.
Cory is struggling to put it together at a Wal-Mart parking lot.
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Cory has a passion
for gardening in his backyard. He always stops by the agrochemical section
in the hardware shop. "It's fun to improve my garden for my family,"
Cory said.
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As a father,
it is a new responsibility for Cory to attend the Baby Parade, a monthly
event at the church where his family goes every Sunday.
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Cory wants to
make his family happy by providing them with his home-grown vegetables.
"These lights are not supposed to be used for gardening," Cory
said with a laugh. Lights are the trademarks of his pick-up truck, which
he has been passionately working on "pimping out."
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TV programs
and movies usually end the Petersen's nights. Instead of staying up late
watching his favorite MTV programs as he was doing before, Cory goes to
bed earlier these days.
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