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Now I'm go1ng to try to describe how
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this heartless person has affected us 1n
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our lives.
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security, love, comfort and support of the
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person who took care of us and raised us
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our whole lives, our dadi
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there for Dustin and I.
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us a stable home, while our mom tried to
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ruin his life almost always leaving Dustin
we have been robbed of thP
He was always He tried to give
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and I in the wreckage.
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people we are today because our dad
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demonstrated so many strengths in the midst
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of the hell he went through with Dana.
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built back up our spirits with his
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encouraging words, never speaking badly of
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our mom to us, just trying to lighten the
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mood with silly gestures and jokes.
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knew what was in our best interests and
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tried to keep the problems between them and
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not us.
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understanding, we wouldn't have turned out
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to be the people that we are.
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important he was to Dustin and I in our
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lives.
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our mother did the unthinkable, that she
Reported by :
We're the strong
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Without my dad's love and
That's how
It was really hard to accept that
April C . Shepard, RPR, CCR, CSR