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and reducing avoidable risks so children have a comfortable environment in which to learn, explore, and grow.
I married Thomas, a seriously ill man I had met while volunteering at a hospital, because he did not want to spend his final days feeling completely alone. Although we had known each other for only a short time, he asked me to marry him, and continue reading …
a hospital chaplain performed the ceremony. For seven days, I cared for him, brought him tea, read to him, and listened whenever he wanted to talk. After he passed away, his attorney gave me Thomas’s old green backpack and told me he wanted me to understand something about his life.
Inside the backpack were dozens of envelopes labeled with ordinary continue reading …