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to get even one more minute of sleep. I groaned and rolled over, trying to decide the most product

ry to even myself. Her family is full of legacies, something I had to google in order to understand,

nversation a couple weeks prior. It was obvious none of that excitement had died down since then. The truth was, it was only partially because of her excitement that I agreed to go through with the whole thing. The other reason was that I've never been one to say no to s

umerous incoming deliveries. They were shocked when Kelly and I both ceased our crying the second we were near. They tested the theory by removing one of us from the room and, sure enough, we both started screaming again. It wasn't until both of our families were discharged and sent home that they discovered that our families were, in fact, neighbors. Kelly and I

to attend college and get an education further than her high school diploma. Even that, within itself, was difficult

member her telling me how she'd been terrified they would treat her how everyone one else in town did when they found out about her roots, but they took her in as if she were one of their o

n my mom told me that piece of information. It was no wonder I had absolutely no early memories of my father. When I was younger, my mom told me a sugar-coated version

't my mother, I couldn't understand how she'd completely forgiven him for all those years of utter abandonment. I also wasn't able to understand how my dad could leave my mother be

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myself and the resentment I felt towards him to this day, unsure if I was right to harbor those negativ

ess and financing degree and job weren't the only positive thing that came from my fa

even went so far as to fire her full-time landscaper and give the job to my mom just a few months after she first moved in. Th