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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

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  MY PUPPY STOLE THE WHOLE FAMILY EASTER DINNER—AND NOBODY EVEN KNEW HE EXISTED BEFORE

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  AFTER MOM GOT CERVICAL CANCER AT 29, SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO LET GO—PEACEFULLY

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  NO ONE REALLY GETS WHAT IT’S LIKE TO WORK IN A RESTAURANT—BUT THEY ALL TASTE THE RESULTS OF OUR CHAOS

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  I FELL IN LOVE AT 19—WITH A MAN WHO IS OLDER THAN MY DAD

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  THIS PHOTO SHOWED US THE KIND OF LOVE THAT DOESN’T QUIT—EVEN IN A HOSPITAL BED AT MIDNIGHT

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  MY HUSBAND DISAPPEARED FIVE YEARS AGO—AND NOBODY’S HEARD FROM HIM SINCE