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I was.
Thank you for coming, I said aloud to the room. This is the fullest table I have had in years.
Denise dabbed her eyes.
I raised three kids alone. I showed up for fevers, plays, heartbreaks, and bills. Then you grew up and forgot me. I have eight grandchildren. Eight. Yet I spent every holiday alone. I bought cards. I saved candles. I waited for continue reading …
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