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baby, both physically and mentally, and coul

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his arms, kissing her, I felt

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mutual friends try to persuade me, an

made him realize

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an unusually pleasant tone, in

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for the child two or three times, eve

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calmly expressed my stance:

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th Walter quickly

d stayed

it took me a long

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eye could have given me a happy fam

the shadow of divorce that I rea

and even when healed, the scar remained. But if I chos

me again. Rather than living in constant doubt and mistrust, it

hild and household chores during my toughest times. I was th

e a lot, giving me new insights

ise, they resonated with many people. Now, I was a

ouse, and lived a fulfilling and beau

took the child for weekends. We

the constraints of a wife and chil

ore dispirited, and increasingl

friends said, he and that g

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