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“I've been searching for a mom all my life. Then I got you…”

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“I've been searching for a mom all my life. Then I got you…”

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“Everybody wanted to be at our house.”

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“Everybody wanted to be at our house.”

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“It took me five years to develop enough courage to come and meet you.”

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“It took me five years to develop enough courage to come and meet you.”

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"You were just doing what you felt you needed to do for us to be better people."

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"You were just doing what you felt you needed to do for us to be better people."

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“When I heard the lyrics I just imagined in my head...Grandpa and I."

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“When I heard the lyrics I just imagined in my head...Grandpa and I."

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“Kneeling over his body, all I could hear was, ‘I may not get there with you.'”

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“Kneeling over his body, all I could hear was, ‘I may not get there with you.'”

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"There’s a huge well of grief there but you gotta show up."

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"There’s a huge well of grief there but you gotta show up."

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"When the Civil War ended, she was my age."

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"When the Civil War ended, she was my age."

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“I felt a lot of pressure… I wanted every vote to count.”

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“I felt a lot of pressure… I wanted every vote to count.”

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“At one point, this one couple was sitting on their porch with guns daring us to step on the grass.”

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“At one point, this one couple was sitting on their porch with guns daring us to step on the grass.”