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  TWO YEARS WITHOUT OUR DOG — AND GRIEF TAUGHT US SOMETHING WE NEVER EXPECTED

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  MY LITTLE COUSIN SHOWED UP TO EASTER WEARING A SCUBA DIVER SUIT — I WASN’T EXPECTING MY FAMILY’S REACTION

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  MY DAD TOOK ME ON A “DATE” TO TEACH ME HOW A REAL MAN SHOULD ACT

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  I FOUND MY GREAT-GRANDPA’S UNIFORM IN A MUSEUM DISPLAY CASE

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  THIS WASN’T HOW MY HUSBAND WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET HIS BABYGIRL

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  MY BROTHER SHOWED UP TO THE COSTUME PARTY IN A WHEELCHAIR—AND STILL MANAGED TO OUTSHINE EVERYONE THERE

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  MY IN-LAWS FINALLY STARTED TREATING ME LIKE FAMILY—AND I GET WHY IT TOOK THEM THIS LONG

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  I INVITED THESE FIREFIGHTERS IN FOR COFFEE—RIGHT AFTER THEY SAVED MY CAT FROM UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS

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  MY BRAVE TODDLER WENT THROUGH TUMOR SURGERY—AND TAUGHT ME MORE ABOUT STRENGTH THAN ANYONE EVER HAS

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  I LEFT EASTER DINNER TO GO TO WORK—BECAUSE DUTY DOESN’T WAIT FOR HOLIDAYS

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  BEING A FIREFIGHTER IS THE HARDEST THING I’VE EVER DONE—BUT IT’S ALSO THE ONLY THING THAT GIVES ME PEACE

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  MY COUSIN WAS A SPECIAL OPS COMMANDO—AND HE NEVER MADE IT BACK FROM HIS LAST MISSION