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  THE DOG ON MY FLIGHT WOULDN’T STOP STARING AT ME—UNTIL I OPENED THE ENVELOPE

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  MY SON CLIMBED ON A POLICE MOTORCYCLE—AND WHISPERED SOMETHING THAT MADE THE OFFICER GO SILENT

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  I PLAYED A RANDOM SONG ON A STORE PIANO—AND SOMEONE IN THE BACK STARTED CRYING

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  MY DOG STOLE A HOT DOG AT THE BALLGAME—BUT INSTEAD OF GETTING MAD, THE CROWD DID SOMETHING I NEVER EXPECTED

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  MY SON INSISTED ON BRINGING TWO BACKPACKS TO HIS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL—AND HIS REASON SHOOK ME

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  I “CAUGHT” MY GRANDPARENTS LIKE THIS—AND IT HIT ME HOW DEEP LOVE CAN RUN

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  HE STOOD UP AT MY GRADUATION AND SAID SOMETHING I NEVER EXPECTED

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  My husband and I went without so our children could have more. And in our old age, we found ourselves utterly alone.

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  I BOUGHT MYSELF A BIRTHDAY CAKE—BUT NO ONE CAME

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  MY MOM SHOWED UP TO MY GRADUATION—AND I WISH SHE HADN’T

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  I never imagined having to tell twenty grizzled old bikers that I couldn’t afford my wife’s funeral, but standing in that clubhouse, I felt something I hadn’t felt since Vietnam

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  I’M A FARMER’S DAUGHTER—AND SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT MAKES ME LESS