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"I was ashamed. Because I didn’t realize just how much Grandma gave us."

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"I was ashamed. Because I didn’t realize just how much Grandma gave us."

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"At my mother's wake, someone said, 'Johnny, your teacher's here.'"

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"At my mother's wake, someone said, 'Johnny, your teacher's here.'"

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"I should have died at age 19."

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"I should have died at age 19."

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"As if high school is not hard enough..."

"As if high school is not hard enough..."

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"I went home that first night, and I was like, 'What am I doing?'"

"I went home that first night, and I was like, 'What am I doing?'"

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"There was nothing more that I wanted to do than to protect you."

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"There was nothing more that I wanted to do than to protect you."

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"I felt like a walking star in the hallway."

"I felt like a walking star in the hallway."

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"Do you remember your first day being a teacher?"

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"Do you remember your first day being a teacher?"

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"I'm curious how I could have reached out to you better?"

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"I'm curious how I could have reached out to you better?"

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"If just one of them gets through, they may save us all."

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"If just one of them gets through, they may save us all."