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  MY MOM TOOK ME TO PARIS WHEN I WAS TEN—BUT SHE NEVER TOLD ME WHY UNTIL HER FINAL WEEK

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  MY MOM ADOPTED ME WHEN I WAS SICK AND UNWANTED—NOW I’M AN OLYMPIAN AND SHE STILL THINKS SHE’S THE LUCKY ONE

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  MY GRUMPY GRANDMA SAID SHE DIDN’T LIKE DOGS—BUT THIS ONE NEVER LEFT HER SIDE

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  I SAW MY NEIGHBOR THROW THIS BOX INTO THE ALLEY—AND WHAT I FOUND INSIDE STILL MAKES MY HANDS SHAKE

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  I LET MY DAUGHTER SLEEP FOR TWENTY MINUTES—AND CAME BACK TO FIND THE KITTENS HAD CROWNED HER THEIR QUEEN

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  I BECAME A SINGLE FOSTER MOM AT 31—AND THE FIRST BABY THEY GAVE ME CHANGED EVERYTHING

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  MY DAUGHTER WAS EXHIBITING CONCERNING BEHAVIORS—NO ONE KNEW WHY, UNTIL HER TEACHER SHARED AN UNEXPECTED OBSERVATION

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  I FOUND THIS OLD PHOTO IN A DRAWER—BUT I HAVE NO MEMORY OF EVER TAKING IT

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  THE CASHIER SMILED LIKE SHE KNEW ME—AND THEN SHE SAID SOMETHING THAT STOPPED ME COLD

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  THIS MAN SHOWED UP OUT OF NOWHERE, DELIVERING TO PEOPLE IN NEED—BUT NO ONE KNEW WHO SENT HIM

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  I TOOK MY SON OUT FOR OUR LAST TRIP TOGETHER—BUT HE DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS GOODBYE

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  THE CASHIER PAID FOR HER GROCERIES AFTER SHE BROKE DOWN AT THE REGISTER—BUT NO ONE EXPECTED HIS NEXT WORDS