I WAS BORN: Aug. 17, 2007, in St. Mary's Medical Center.
MY PARENTS ARE: Lora and Brian Mattson of Duluth.
MY BROTHER IS: Mason, 2.
MY GRANDPARENTS ARE: Dick and Pat Bouchard and Randy and Carleen Mattson, all of Duluth.
MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE: Tillie Mattson of Proctor; Frank Natalie of Duluth; and the late Arthur and Marie Bouchard, William and Alice Lowinski, Willie Mattson and Lora Mae Natalie.
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MY PARENTS CHOSE THIS NAME BECAUSE: It was a name they both liked when Mason was born. I share my middle name with Daddy.
PARENTS' WISH OR ADVICE: Live life to its fullest and never lose sight of who you are. Anything is possible as long as you believe.
SOMETHING SPECIAL: You were a preemie just like your brother and just as much of a blessing. You arrived seven weeks early on Grandma Mattson's birthday, weighing a healthy 4 pounds, 7 ounces.
