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The monster under the bed had me frightened and tucked into my blankets to avoid being grabbed. But as an adult, there is a much different fear.

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You deserve to put yourself first. Period.

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Being related to someone does not give you a free pass to hurt them. 

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There is nothing your sister/brother(s) can ever do to push you away.

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When you give a dad a daughter, what you’re really giving him is the ability to love someone in a new way he’s never known how.

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You learn to be inspired by challenges, not afraid of them.

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You are trying to make better choices with the arrival of each new day. And that you hope that if not today, then someday, they are proud to call you their son or daughter. Because that is all any child wants to believe.

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The awareness that people value her for exactly who she is.

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As you get older, you realize that your parents were people before they were your parents.