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Families

Some children give and some children take. Some children lie about the messes they make. Some make you proud and some make you angry, while others end their days worrying about names on their tombstones. Some mothers laugh and some mothers cry, but all mothers leave guilty children when they die. Mothers can be right and mothers can be wrong, while others end their days praying for brown-eyed baby girls. Some fathers breathe while some pace the floor. Some fathers forget what they have families for. Some are weak and some are strong, while others end their days with adding machines and remote controls. Some families fight and some just surrender. Some can be tough while others are tender. Some break apart and some stay together, while others end their days in silence wondering why.

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